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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Dear Members,<BR>
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Below please find a summary of the policy proposals currently under discussion in the AfriNIC region. Please note that these policies shall be discussed at the forthcoming face to face public meeting during the AfriNIC 10 meetings. Members are therefore encouraged to continue discussions on the policy proposals between now and then.<BR>
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The AfriNIC Policy Development Process can be found at:<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-pdp200707.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-pdp200707.htm</a><BR>
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AfriNIC Mailing Lists subscription information can be found at:<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/mailinglist.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/mailinglist.htm</a><BR>
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Kind Regards,<BR>
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Vincent Ngundi<BR>
Chair, AfriNIC PDP-MG<BR>
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Policy proposal : IPv4 Soft Landing Policy <BR>
Proposal Date : 05 Jan 2009<BR>
Scope : Regional proposal<BR>
afpol-v4200901 < <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4200901.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4200901.htm</a></U></FONT>><BR>
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Summary:<BR>
This policy proposal outlines a process through which AfriNIC shall manage the last /8 addresses that will be assigned to it by the IANA under the "Global Policy for the Allocation of the Remaining IPv4 Address space". <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gp200802.html">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gp200802.html</a></U></FONT>><BR>
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There were several comments regarding this policy from AfriNIC community; such as the comment on the idea of refraining from making v6 allocations mandatory as shown in the policy, They argue that an RIR is not supposed to dictate on the technology that the LIR's use.<BR>
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Another comments favor the return of the /16 into the v4 pool when the v4 pool reached exhaustion, and suggest making allocations for Critical infrastructure from the /16 that will be in reserve, on contrary, other comments saying we should leave this reserved even when the pool reaches exhaustion as the motive for reserving it was for unforeseen circumstances, and think if we make allocations to Critical infrastructure from the /16 in reserve we shall be eating our cake and expecting to have it. <BR>
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Comments seconded the idea of all address allocations being used only within the AfriNIC region arguing that all resources allocated should be used within Africa to support local operations. and other comments favored a 90% threshold of usage before additional allocation can be made to any LIR.<BR>
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It's a very important policy proposal in case of ratification by community, it'll re-shape the way of allocating IPv4 address to all LIRs in the region. It is the time to discuss it more and we'd like to encourage the community to put their inputs in order to get all proper required modifications for the proposal (if any) before the coming AfriNIC-10 face to face meeting next May in Cairo.<BR>
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Policy proposal : IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks<BR>
Proposal Date : 13 Jan 2009<BR>
Scope : Regional proposal<BR>
afpol-v6200901 <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200901.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v6200901.htm</a></U></FONT>><BR>
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Summary:<BR>
This policy seeks to make it as easy as possible for non-profit entities to obtain a /48 PI IPv6 addressing resources from AfriNIC and drive the deployment of and demand for IPv6 services through this in Africa.<BR>
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Additionally the policy seeks to limit the way in which these addressing resources for non-profit entities will be used to avoid abuse by LIRs, Internet Service Providers and other commercial users of Internet addressing resources.<BR>
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we need to hear the comments from community on this proposal "IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks". This proposal makes a massive controversial discussion in our mailing-list and in other regions too, we heard 12 emails from community till now that comment on this policy proposal, some for positive and other for negative reactions. It is the time to discuss it more and we'd like to encourage the community to put their inputs in order to get all proper required modifications for the proposal (if any) before the coming AfriNIC-10 face to face meeting next May in Cairo.<BR>
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Policy Proposal : Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries<BR>
Proposal Date : 09 Mar 2009<BR>
Scope : Global proposal<BR>
afpol-v4gb200903 <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gb200903.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afpol-v4gb200903.htm</a></U></FONT>><BR>
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Summary:<BR>
This global policy is aiming to solve the problem of transferring IPv4 address space between RIRs, that may be exist at the depletion of IANA free pool. The authors of this policy proposal provide a mechanism for the RIRs to put the recovered IPv4 address space back to the IANA central pool, and also provide the IANA with the policy by which it can allocate them back to the RIR in a well defined criteria.<BR>
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This proposal is submitted to the five existing RIRs, and has been adopted in APNIC region.<BR>
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we need to hear the comments from community on this proposal "Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional Internet Registries". We heard only one comment! We think it's the time to discuss it more and we'd like to encourage the community to put their inputs in order to get all proper required modifications for the proposal (if any) before the coming AfriNIC-10 face-to-face meeting next May in Cairo.<BR>
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