[rpd] [External] Soft landing putting in writing amendment and objection

[Hytham El-Nakhal]

Hi Pual,


The utilization is well defined @ https://afrinic.net/ipv4-allocation-policy-afpub-2005-v4-001

Article 9.3 :

9.3 Utilisation

Immediate utilisation of assignments should be at least 25% of the assigned space. After one year, unless special circumstances are defined, it should be at least 50%.


Thanks,

Haitham el Nakhal?


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From: Paul Hjul <hjul.paul at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 9:59 AM
To: rpd-request at afrinic.net; rpd at afrinic.net; Darwin Costa
Subject: [External] [rpd] Soft landing putting in writing amendment and objection

 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