<div dir="ltr">On 4 February 2013 18:50, Andrew Alston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alston.networks@gmail.com" target="_blank">alston.networks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Nii,<br>
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Why doesn't AfriNIC then commit to fixing the subjectivity involved in<br>
evaluation of applications, commit to accepting when Universities specify<br>
ratios, commit to accepting that documentation supplied by Universities as<br>
signed off by legitimate University IT departments and University senior<br>
managers is accurate, commit to accepting that they have no role themselves<br>
in determining a ratio based on how many AP's a university has, commit to<br>
accepting they have no basis for determining concurrency themselves based on<br>
zero experience in such environments?<br>
<br></blockquote><div style><br></div><div style>Ok now you are talking and i hope the entire community shares the same frustration and sentiments in regards</div><div style>to the way AfriNIC handles the allocation process...</div>
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If AfriNIC is prepared to do those things, and accept that when a University<br>
says "I have X infrastructure, I am out on procurement for Y infrastructure,<br>
I have a student base of Z, and my ratios are currently trending towards A,<br>
therefore I need this many IP's", that it is accurate and truthful since it<br>
is signed off by University senior management, without argument and debate<br>
and delays, then I'd be prepared to withdraw the policy. Until then<br>
however, until we remove the completely and total subjectivity of analysis<br>
of network infrastructure by AfriNIC, I stand by this policy.<br></blockquote><div> </div><div style>So how about we work on refining a policy that mitigates the above without basing the argument on IP allocation</div><div style>
ratios but also keeping in mind the fact that AfriNIC should still have some sort of mandate to police the allocation but not</div><div style>militarize the whole process which seems to be the case according to your experience with them.</div>
<div style><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Andrew<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div style>Maina </div></div></div></div>