<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 2:12 PM, Alan Barrett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:apb@cequrux.com" target="_blank">apb@cequrux.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thank you Sunday, for that report. I am in agreement with all of it,<br>
but I would like to hightlght these two paragraphs:<span><br>
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The board has been given every assurance that AfriNIC staff followed<br>
the IP allocation policy with regards to all allocations already made.<br>
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</span><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The board appeals to the community and to the AfriNIC members to<br>
examine the current policies in light of the discussions held in<br>
recent weeks and should the community feel that a change is needed,<br>
the board encourages the members to follow the processes defined and<br>
propose suitable changes to the current policies.<br>
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I think it's especially important that both members applying for address space, and staff handling such applications, should follow both the letter and the spirit of the existing policies.<br>
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The staff should take reasonable measures to check the information presented in applications, and the amount of checking that is reasonable goes up with the size of the requested space. The Board should be aware of what's going on, especially when it may be controversial, but should not interfere without very good cause.<br>
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If people think that the policies allow things that should not be allowed, then the correct remedial action is not to petition the staff or the board to do things outside the policy, but rather to go through the policy development process to change the policy.<br>
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Finally, may we interpret the Board's message as meaning that Heng Lu's application is now approved, and no longer under review?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think i will be surprised if board respond with a yes or no to this question as it will most likely go against the principle that they have highlighted in their earlier mail. Basically the way i have understood board's message is that the board is not in the position to review/approve allocation request as that is the role of staff. I also understand from boards mail that staff is expected to make their assessment and decisions based on the existing policies and procedures.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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--apb (Alan Barrett)<br>
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