<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Feb 9, 2011, at 11:50 PM, Jackson Muthili wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Owen,<br><br>On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Without commenting on the other issues...<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Is there anything more that we can really do to prevent local shell companies obtaining resources for usage outside of the region?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Existing policy already prohibits this and I expect AfriNIC will be proactive in reclaiming resources that are incorrectly used outside of the AfriNIC region.<br></blockquote><br>1. What would you define as incorrect usage?<br>2. Nowhere i see does a policy prohibit usage of resources outside africa.<br><br>Cheers<br>Jack<br><br></div></blockquote>I thought this had already been adopted, but, apparently it is not yet implemented.</div><div>I apologize for my error.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-005.htm">http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-005.htm</a></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">7.3) AfriNIC resources are for the AfriNIC geographical region. For each allocation or assignment</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">made during the Exhaustion Phase, no more than 10% of these resources may be used outside</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">of the AfriNIC region, and any use outside the AfriNIC region shall be solely in support of</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">connectivity back to the AfriNIC region.</span></div></blockquote><div><div><br></div>That criteria seems to pretty clearly define incorrect usage outside of the region.</div><div><br></div><div>It does not prohibit usage, but, it does greatly restrict it which I think is reasonable.</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure why, after achieving consensus at the Face to Face meeting (I believe</div><div>consensus on this policy was reached in Kigali) this proposal is languishing rather</div><div>than moving forward.</div><div><br></div><div>I would encourage the AfriNIC WG Chairs and the AfriNIC board to move this policy</div><div>forward with all due haste in light of the events of February 3, 2011. (specifically the</div><div>events in Miami, not Egypt, lest anyone be confused).</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div></body></html>