<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear Colleagues,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The AfriNIC-13 meeting will be held
in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 20<sup>th</sup> to 26<sup>th</sup> November
2010. Below please find the draft agenda for the <b>face-to-face public
policy meeting</b>:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. Introduction to the AfriNIC Policy Development Process (PDP)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. Sharing Experiences – An Introduction to the PDP of
other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">3. Policy Proposal Report:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">a. Global Policy for IPv4 Allocations by the IANA Post
Exhaustion</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-003.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-003.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">b. IPv4 Softlanding Policy</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">c. Abuse Contact Information</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-GEN-006.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-GEN-006.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">d.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Global Policy for the Allocation of IPv4 Blocks to Regional
Internet Registries <b>(Awaiting AfriNIC Board Approval)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-v4-002.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2009-v4-002.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">e. Policy Development Process in the AfriNIC service
region <b>(Awaiting AfriNIC Board Approval)</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 1in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-GEN-005.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-GEN-005.htm</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4. Policy Proposal Presentations by authors</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">5. Policy Proposal face-to-face discussions</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">6. A.O.B</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In order for the Policy Development Process Moderator Group (PDP-MG) to prepare
adequately for the meeting, please note that comments on the above proposals
will be accepted on the Resource Policy Discuss (RPD) mailing list until <b>18<sup>th</sup>
November 2010 0000UTC</b>. Any subsequent comments will be treated as comments
received remotely during the face-to-face public policy meeting.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Please visit the following links for more information:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">1. About the AfriNIC PDP - <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2008-GEN-001.htm</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2. A List of AfriNIC Policies/Policy Proposals and How to Propose a Policy - <a href="http://afrinic.net/policy.htm" target="_blank">http://afrinic.net/policy.htm</a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">3. About the
AfriNIC-13 Public Policy meeting, please visit <a href="http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13/" target="_blank">http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13/</a><a href="http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Kind Regards,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Vincent Ngundi</span></p>
<b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Chair, AfriNIC PDP-MG</span></b>