<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,153)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear PDWG members,</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Consequent to the discussions by the
PDWG community present at AFRINIC-30 during the Public Policy Meeting held on 19th June 2019 in Kampala Uganda, the following two policy proposals below have been
moved to “</span><span class="gmail-highlight"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background:rgb(255,255,204)"><span rel="Last" style="box-sizing:border-box">Last</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span class="gmail-highlight"><b><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background:rgb(255,255,204)"><span rel="Call" style="box-sizing:border-box">Call</span></span></b></span><span style="line-height:107%;color:rgb(117,117,117);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">”, starting today
25th June 2019.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>A) IPv6 PI Update (AFPUB-2018-V6-004) currently
CPM 6.8.2(v)</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>B) AFPUB-2018-v4-001-DRAFT-01 (SL Update)</b><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><u><b style="">Decisions on policy proposals
discussed during the meeting</b><br></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%"><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">AFRINIC Policy Development Process – bis</b><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2017-gen-002-d5" style="color:blue"><b>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2017-gen-002-d5#proposal</b></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">This proposal is a major
revision of the current Policy Development Process. Major highlights include:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>A clearer
mechanism for appeals and disputes.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>Introduction of
distinct phases in the policy proposal life cycle.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>More transparency
around consensus-gauging.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://afrinic.net/en/community/policy-development/policy-proposals/2313-ipv6-policy-and-references-update" style="color:blue"><b>Abuse</b></a><b>
Contact Policy Update</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/2018-gen-001-d2" style="color:blue">https://afrinic.net/policy/2018-gen-001-d2</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Updates CPM 8.0 (Abuse Contact
Information) with the following key amendments: </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>Introduction of a
mandatory “abuse-c” attribute into inetnum, inet6num and aut-num whois database
objects for resources directly issued by AFRINIC. The value of this attribute
is an “abuse-mailbox”, which must be a valid e-mail address. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>A mechanism is
proposed to validate the “abuse-mailbox” and report/escalate invalid or those
that are unresponsive.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Provisions for Resource Hijacking</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/provisions-for-resource-hijacking" style="color:blue">https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/provisions-for-resource-hijacking</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The proposal provides a
framework for recognizing that IP address hijacks are a policy violation within
the AFRINIC service region. A method to identify and report hijacks is proposed
and a pool of experts chosen from the community is instituted to investigate each reported case.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">IPv4 Inter-RIR Legacy Resource Transfers</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v4-001-d1" style="color:blue">https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v4-001-d1#proposal</a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>Establishes a
mechanism to allow transfers of <b>legacy</b> IPv4 space to/from other regions.
The intent is to align AFRINIC with an IPv4 address market that already exists
for which AFRICA is not currently part.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>The author
fronted two Inter-RIR proposals with hope to withdraw one if the other passes
through. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v4-002-d1" style="color:blue"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">IPv4
Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive Scope)</font></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v4-002-d1" style="color:blue"><b>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v4-002-d1</b></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>Allows
establishing a mechanism to allow transfers of IPv4 space to/from other
regions. The intent is to align AFRINIC with an IPv4 address market that
already exists for which AFRICA is not currently part.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>The author
fronted two Inter-RIR proposals with hope to withdraw one if the other passes
through. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">IPv6 PI Clarification</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Last Call</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v6-001-d2" style="color:blue"><b>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-v6-001-d2#proposal</b></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>Amends original
policy proposal “IPv6 PI Update” (AFPUB-2018-V6-004) currently CPM 6.8.2(v),
which requires that IPv6 PI space should be announced within 12 months of
getting it, and should not be disaggregated.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">
</span>This proposal
does not make it mandatory to announce the space, since there is no RFC1918
equivalent for IPv4, and cases like IXP peering LAN space doesn’t necessarily
have to be announced. If announced however, the condition to disaggregate it is
still in place. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">SL Update</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">Last Call</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2018-v4-001" style="color:blue"><b>https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2018-v4-001</b></a><b></b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Proposes an update to CPM
5.4.7.2 which removes the Board’s power to replenish the (exhaustion) pool with
any IPv4 space available at the time (such as the /12 reserve in 5.4.7.1). The proposal also stipulates that the same
/12, if still unused by the time phase 2 space is exhausted, be automatically</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Multihoming not required for ASN</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for further
discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-asn-001-d2" style="color:blue"><b>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-asn-001-d2</b></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Modifies CPM 7.4 by removing
7.4.2, a clause requiring requestors of ASNs to be multihomed (or demonstrate
plan thereof). Instead, the proposal sets the following criteria:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>A unique routing
policy or</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>Interconnection
with one or more other ASNs which requires a globally unique ASN.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in"><font face="arial, sans-serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"> </span>An organization
will also be eligible if it can demonstrate that it will meet any of the above
criteria upon receiving an ASN (or within the following six months).</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Internet Number Resources Review by AFRINIC</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Decision: <span style="color:red">Back to list for
further discussion and refinement</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2016-gen-001-d8" style="color:blue"><b>https://www.afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2016-gen-001-d8</b></a></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The proposal introduces a
mechanism for AFRINIC to conduct reviews (or audits) for IPv4 number resources
issued to members, and recommends reclamation of resources that are found to be
in breach or not in compliance. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">Clarification on temporary resource usage</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="color:rgb(196,89,17)"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">This
proposal was withdrawn by authors just before it was discussed</font></span></i></b></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Thanks & Regards,<br><br><b>Moses Serugo</b><br>PDWG Chair - AFRINIC<br>Tel: +256772212481<br>Email: <a href="mailto:moses.serugo@gmail.com">moses.serugo@gmail.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>