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[rpd] Soft landing putting in writing amendment and objection

Paul Hjul hjul.paul at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 06:59:57 UTC 2026


 Good morning, as presented at the PPM in person I am supportive of the
proposal with amendment and object failing amendment.

I believe for now 12 months would be acceptable and avoids debate at
present with a view to reducing it to 3 months once the appropriate policy
amendment kicks in.

I understand that this will move the place of contention but doing so
allows a focus on the right issues.

Amendment proposed in bold and italic. Sent from venue on tablet (😬)




This section shall govern the manner in which AFRINIC assigns, allocates,
and administers IPv4 resources during the “Exhaustion Phase”, which phase
shall commence upon AFRINIC first assigning or allocating IPv4 address
space from the final /8 block of IPv4 resources available to it.

 Upon the commencement of any Soft-Landing exhaustion phase, such phase
shall be deemed final and irreversible. Any IPv4 resources *finally *returned
or recovered thereafter *in accordance with adopted community policy*,
irrespective of their size or original pool, shall be returned to the
“available space” pool only following a quarantine period of twelve (12)
months. AFRINIC may reduce the quarantine period, for example when
“available space” is below a /13 or other operational reasons.

For clarity, “available space” pool is the total addresses available,
regardless of being from the last /8, or other blocks.

In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of the
Soft-Landing framework and any other provision of the CPM relating to
allocation criteria, the provisions of the Soft-Landing framework shall
prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.


*I am not proposing an amendment to the utilization section but rather
pointing out that the policy presupposes this is properly handled in other
policies*
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