[rpd] INTER-RIR TRANSFER POLICIES and the NUMBER RESOURCE SOCIETY

[Ant Brooks]

On 2021-09-24 06:30, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

> I think that it might be of some value for someone to dig into the archives

> and find any and all documents that might serve to shed light on this

> simple but so far somewhat elusive question:  Why exactly was AFRINIC

> created in the first place?


This document was adopted at a conference in Cotonou in December 1998
and could probably be characterized as the seed from which AFRINIC grew:

https://afrinic.net/library/corporate-documents/863-cotonou-1998

It set out the following guiding principles for AFRINIC's formation:

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An African regional IP address registry should operate as a neutral, 
transparent, impartial, non-profit organisation, and should act in the 
long term best interests of the entire community which it serves, 
managing scarce resources such as IP address space in the public trust. 
In particular, it will not sell address space, but will transparently 
manage it according to widely supported guidelines.

In order to make good decisions about the long term best interests of 
its community, and to ensure that its policies are adapted in a timely 
manner to meet changing circumstances, an African regional registry 
should liaise with the IANA or the ICANN Address Supporting 
Organization, with other regional registries, and with any other 
entities that may from time to time be appropriate.

The management of the IP address space should be under the control and 
administration of those that depend upon it. Those that depend upon IP 
address space are end users such as ISPs, corporate entities, 
universities and individuals.

A non-profit organisation, acting as a regional registry serving the 
African region, is an appropriate vehicle to allow end users to exercise 
their control over allocation of IP address space in the African region.
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Warm regards,
Ant Brooks