<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hi Walu,</div><div><br></div><div>AfriNIC has policy that discourages that and so perhaps there is no need further discussion until one proposes a new policy</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Nii<br><br>On Apr 12, 2012, at 16:53, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Paulos,<br><br>This "fiercegovernment..." url is returning errors. I would have loved to read Muller's thoughts before contributing. <br><br>I recall this topic did come up in Dar, during the AfriNIC-14? It proposed by some participant from TENET, SA and it did generate quite some debate then. My take is that this is a topic that is likely to get increasingly contentious going forward and members need to really start ventilating on the situation.<br><br>Do we as a community want to:<br>a) NOT trade our v4 space, even as the v4 black market prospers?<br>b) can we technically stop members from trading in v4 space?<br>c) should we "legalize" or sanitize the v4 black market by providing a formal policy on the same?<br>d) etc.<br><br>I dont have the answers on this but I would like to hear views from the floor.<br><br>walu.<br><br><br><br><br>---
On <b>Thu, 4/12/12, Dr Paulos Nyirenda <i><<a href="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw">paulos@sdnp.org.mw</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Dr Paulos Nyirenda <<a href="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw">paulos@sdnp.org.mw</a>><br>Subject: [AfriNIC-rpd] IPv4 trading needs global policy, says Mueller - issue for AfriNIC PDP ??<br>To: <a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br>Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012, 2:47 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br>PDWG,<br>AfriNIC,<br><br>> IPv4 trading needs global policy, says Mueller<br>> <a href="http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/ipv4-trading-needs-global-policy-says-" target="_blank">http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/ipv4-trading-needs-global-policy-says-</a><br>> mueller/2012-04-11<br><br>Is this an issue that is current for the AfriNIC PDP?<br><br>Does AfriNIC need to develop an IPv4 Trading Policy?<br><br>See the story, Mueller papers and the RIPE Policy Proposal <br><a href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-01" target="_blank">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-01</a><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Paulos<br>======================<br>Dr Paulos B Nyirenda<br>NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD<br><a href="http://www.registrar.mw" target="_blank">http://www.registrar.mw</a><br>Co-chair AfriNIC PDWG<br><br><br></div><br>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br><br><div class="plainMail">_______________________________________________<br>rpd mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net" href="/mc/compose?to=rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</a><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>rpd mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:rpd@afrinic.net">rpd@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rpd</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>