<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I oppose this version of the policy proposal.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Section 5.7 needs to be amended to allow the source of the transferred resources</div><div class="">to be a resource holder from any RIR, not just AFRINIC.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This may seem like a minor NIT, but as written, the policy would be outbound only</div><div class="">and not symmetrical (thus not reciprocal), so fixing this is important. Admittedly,</div><div class="">the text in 5.7 is inconsistent with the subsequent text in this regard, but</div><div class="">it is possible to interpret the limitations expressed in the proposed 5.7 as</div><div class="">overriding the expressed possibilities in the subsequent proposed sections.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I suspect that the 5.7 text is an accident on the part of the author and that</div><div class="">this limitation was not intended.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5.7.1 should point to the policy that does cover M&A transfers rather than simply</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>state that this policy does not apply to them.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I oppose section 5.7.5 because AFRINIC has already demonstrated a propensity</div><div class="">to make arbitrary and capricious decisions about compliance based not on the</div><div class="">actual text of the contracts, bylaws, or CPM, but on their own creative</div><div class="">interpretations thereof.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The pre-check authorized by section 5.7.5 should be limited to deterministic</div><div class="">factors which can achieve a binary outcome strictly on provable facts and not</div><div class="">be subject to staff interpretation and judgment, as staff has already</div><div class="">proven on numerous occasions that it cannot be trusted to exercise good judgment</div><div class="">or achieve prudent or accurate determinations in such matters.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Proposed modified text:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5.7 IPv4 Transfers</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This policy applies to organizations with a justified need for IPv4 resources (recipients) and organizations with IPv4 resources which no longer need (sources).</div><div class=""><br class="">The resources to be transferred must be from an existing resource holder of a direct allocation or assignment from an IANA[1] accredited RIR or a legacy resource holder registered and recognized as the current registrant of the addresses to be transferred by the applicable IANA[1] accredited RIR.</div><div class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>5.7.1 — Mostly fine, just add the needed cross-reference to the M&A policy section.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>5.7.5 Transfer pre-check</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Where the source of a transfer is a resource member of AFRINIC, AFRINIC will perform a pre-check prior to authorizing the transfer which shall include validation of the following items:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Resource member is a member in good standing</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Resource member is the current registrant of record for the resources being transferred</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Resource member’s registration of the resources is not credibly disputed by any third party</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Resource member’s fees are current with AFRINIC</div><div><br class=""></div><div>[1] At the time of writing, this IANA function is performed by ICANN in accordance with ICP-2.</div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Author is, of course welcome to accept, decline, or modify these proposed edits as they see fit, but these edits, as</div><div>written, would allow me to support the proposal as written.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 4, 2021, at 10:33 AM, PDWG Chair <<a href="mailto:dacostadarwin@gmail.com" class="">dacostadarwin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-54b1c43e-7fff-f8da-e14f-2f03c99da671" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Hello PDWG Members,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We have received a new version of policy Proposal - IPv4 Inter-RIR Resource Transfers (Comprehensive Scope) - AFPUB-2019-IPv4-002-DRAFT06 from author Jordi Palet Martinez. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The proposal contents are published at: </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-ipv4-002-d6" class="">https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2019-ipv4-002-d6</a></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Please take some time to go through the proposal contents and provide your</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">feedback.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Regards,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">PDWG Co-Chair.</span></div></font></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">RPD mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:RPD@afrinic.net" class="">RPD@afrinic.net</a><br class="">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>