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i fully support it.<br><br> <br>
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<em><font color="#1f497d" face="Comic Sans MS">Arbogast Fabian,</font></em><br>
<em><font color="#1f497d" face="Comic Sans MS">cell:+255-78-447-8387</font></em><br><br> <BR><div>> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 07:59:18 +0000<br>> From: mdgai@gamtel.gm<br>> To: dogwallah@gmail.com<br>> Subject: Re: [AfriNIC-rpd] Last Call on IPv4 Soft Landing Policy (AFPUB-2010-v4-005-draft-05)<br>> CC: rpd@afrinic.net<br>> <br>> i support it with the amendments.<br>> <br>> > Dear Colleagues<br>> ><br>> > During the AfriNIC-14 Public Policy Meeting that took place<br>> > in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on the 8th and 9th June 2011, the<br>> > "IPv4 Soft Landing Policy" proposal with reference<br>> > AFPUB-2010-v4-005-draft-04 was declared to have reached<br>> > consensus. In line with the AfriNIC Policy Development Process<br>> > (PDP), we, the PDPWG Co-chairs, are now issuing a<br>> > Last Call for comments on the proposal as follows:<br>> ><br>> > Start of Last Call: 5 September 2011<br>> > End of Last Call: 20 September 2011<br>> ><br>> > The community is hereby called upon to review the policy proposal and its<br>> > associated documents and make comments. As a brief guide, in recent<br>> > debate, comments and issues were raised on the following areas of the<br>> > policy which have now been modified:<br>> ><br>> > - Section 2: Incentive Text Changed<br>> ><br>> > - Section 3.5.1: Standardize the Minimum Allocation/Assignment<br>> > to cater for route aggregation etc<br>> ><br>> > - Section 3.5: Change the names of the two sub-phases within<br>> > the Exhaustion Phase to "Exhaustion Phase 1" and "Exhaustion Phase 2".<br>> ><br>> > - Exhaustion Phase 2: During this phase a minimum<br>> > Allocation/Assignment size will be /24, and the maximum will be /22<br>> > per allocation/assignment.<br>> ><br>> > - Section 3.8.1: The 10% per Allocation/Assignment was dropped in<br>> > favour of a support for backward connectivity without explicit mention of<br>> > percentages<br>> ><br>> > - AfriNIC resources are for AfriNIC service region and any use<br>> > outside the region should be solely in support of connectivity<br>> > back to the AfriNIC region<br>> ><br>> > For your reference, the deliberations on this proposal at the meeting<br>> > are re-produced from the minutes at the end of the message:<br>> ><br>> > At the end of the Last Call, we will make a final assessment on<br>> > whether consensus has been reached by taking into consideration<br>> > the comments from the Public Policy Meeting as well as those during this<br>> > Last Call period.<br>> ><br>> > Regards.<br>> ><br>> > The Co-Chairs<br>> > AfriNIC Policy Development Working Group (PDPWG)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > [References]<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > (i) The full text of the policy proposal that got consensus in Dar es Salaam<br>> > <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-005-draft-05.htm<http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-v4-005-draft-04.htm><br>> >><br>> ><br>> > (ii) Minutes of the AfriNIC-14 policy discussions<br>> ><br>> > <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/afrinic14_f2f_meeting_minutes.pdf><br>> ><br>> > (iii) Staff Comments and Implementation Analyses of the proposal by AfriNIC<br>> > Ltd<br>> > <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2011/001209.html><br>> ><br>> > (iv) The AfriNIC Policy Development Process<br>> > <http://www.afrinic.net/docs/policies/AFPUB-2010-GEN-005.htm><br>> ><br>> > (v) Post Meeting Policy Report by interim PDWG co-chairs<br>> > <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/2011/001759.html ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Highlights of Discussions during Face to Face meeting in Dar es Salaam<br>> ><br>> > On the contentious issue of a limit on how much space could be used outside<br>> > the region:<br>> ><br>> > ** Andrew Alston stated that he will support the proposal without the<br>> > 10% clause.<br>> ><br>> > **Nii Quaynor proposed a 1% limit combined with inclusion into the RSA of<br>> > what kinds of out of region uses were realistic. Mark Elkins<br>> > responded that 1% of a /22 (the typical allocation during exhaustion<br>> > phase 2) will be inadequate for most purposes. He expressed support for the<br>> > proposal if the 10% was exclusively to allow connectivity back to the<br>> > continent.<br>> ><br>> > **Frank Habicht suggested that a middle ground to specifying percentage was<br>> > to change the clause to state that more than half of all the space of the<br>> > requesting entity (including legacy space) has to be used within the AfriNIC<br>> > service region.<br>> ><br>> > **Mark Tinka and Sunday Folayan opposed the proposal on the grounds that it<br>> > tries to tell an operator how to run their networks.<br>> ><br>> > **Consensus at the meeting was that the most contentious piece of<br>> > the proposal was paragraph 3.8 and several proposals to replace it<br>> > were given at the meeting. In the end the adopted replacement for<br>> > that paragraph was as follows:<br>> ><br>> > (a) When applying for more space, the applicant must have used 90% of all<br>> > space currently held by them. This 90% excludes legacy space Should this<br>> > space include legacy space? Three people from the audience said that legacy<br>> > space.<br>> ><br>> > (b) For second part of 3.8 (regarding the 10% limit on out-of-region<br>> > use), Alan presented the options as follows:<br>> ><br>> > (Option 1) Keep existing text<br>> > (Option 2) No more than 1%<br>> > (Option 3) No more than 50% outside of Africa (including legacy space)<br>> > (Option 4) No number, just a statement stating that "AfriNIC resources are<br>> > for the AfriNIC geographical region and any use outside should be solely in<br>> > support for connectivity back to the region."<br>> > (Option 5): Internet resources allocated by AfriNIC may be used<br>> > solely within the AfriNIC region or to support connectivity back to the<br>> > region.<br>> ><br>> > Consensus was on option 4 but with "geographic region" changed<br>> > into "service region"<br>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Mam Dawda Gai<br>> Director Multimedia Services<br>> Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd (Gamtel)<br>> Tel: 220 4375936<br>> Mob: 220 9970444<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> rpd mailing list<br>> rpd@afrinic.net<br>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd<br></div> </div></body>
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