<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Ismail<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 4 Dec 2017, at 17:16, Ismail Settenda <<a href="mailto:ismail@tispa.or.tz" class="">ismail@tispa.or.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hi all,<br class=""><br class=""></div>Well lets not confuse silence with agreement and seeing the unpleasant sentiments...one cant really blame some for keeping quiet.<br class=""><br class=""></div>I for one will <u class=""><b class="">support</b></u> the policy because there is no such policy to deal with such a scenario in the first place </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>I have no problem with your views, but I think you may be confused.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>There IS a policy in place: <a href="https://www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy" class="">https://www.afrinic.net/library/policies/697-ipv4-soft-landing-policy</a></div><div><br class=""></div><div>This is a suggestion to amend the existing soft landing policy and making it more restrictive.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I have a few issues with the existing policy, but I think it is a reasonable compromise in the circumstances.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>My objection is to adding further restrictions, as is proposed in the -bis proposal.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">and the longer we stay without one the more vulnerable we become.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Actually we have one in place, so I am not sure I understand your point.</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""> So I like to think I see the logic in the arguments for the proposal however there is s greater danger in having NO measure or policy in place rather than have a perfect one in place when it is too late. <br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>Well this is actually what is being discussed here: we have a measure and policy in place right now. This is a proposal to refine it further. I have yet to see a justification I can accept for the need for such further refinement.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Unless I have missed your comment completely, in which case I apologise.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Mike</div><br class=""></body></html>