<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=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dear Elvis and Cheken,</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Do you know what an RIR is ? Is AFRINIC an RIR?</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">A quick resource to help you understand what RIRs are and what they do, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Internet_registry" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_Internet_registry</a>.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Regards,</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Daniel</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 5, 2022, at 6:20 PM, Ibeanusi Elvis <<a href="mailto:ibeanusielvis@gmail.com" class="">ibeanusielvis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hello all, </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">There is a reason why this policy has been in discussion for a very long time and I emphatically believe that the passing of this policy by the board is a huge mistake as it directly gives an enormous level of authority and bureaucracy to the AFRINIC. Therefore meaning that all transfers will require some type of approval from the AFRINIC when they are just the managers of number resources, and they should just be facilitating a smooth transfer.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Regards, </div><div dir="auto" class="">Elvis. </div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 5:29 Cheken Chetty <<a href="mailto:rameez.chetty@gmail.com" class="">rameez.chetty@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr" class="">Good day all,<br class="">I am against this policy because I feel there is too much power still given to AFRINIC in the transferral of resources. My concern is that AFRINIC may have the tendency to ignore the approval and just impede the transfer process. Clause 3.6 suggests in the end everything must come to AFRINIC's approval when they do not have an authority over the resources.<br class="">Regards<br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 5:28 PM PDWG Chair <<a href="mailto:vincent@ngundi.me.ke" target="_blank" class="">vincent@ngundi.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
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</b></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><b id="m_3363292438048954661gmail-m_-1101560640550715958docs-internal-guid-c5429948-7fff-0633-e699-de226a57b079" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Dear PDWG, </span></b></div><b id="m_3363292438048954661gmail-m_-1101560640550715958docs-internal-guid-c5429948-7fff-0633-e699-de226a57b079" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;" class="">
<br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">The summary of the elements that led to the PDWG Chairs decision for the policy proposal AFRINIC Number Resources Transfer Policy - Policy Proposal AFPUB-2020-GEN-006-DRAFT02 that was discussed during the AFRINIC-34 Public Policy Meeting is as follows:-</span></div>
<br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Lack of reciprocity with ARIN was raised and addressed by the authors and members of the PDWG, who mentioned that while the proposal is conservative and aims at protecting the resource pool of AFRINIC, AFRINIC can start with the implementation of resource transfers with those RIRs that have confirmed or do not require reciprocity. The authors also clarified that incoming transfers of legacy resources will be covered by the AFRINIC RSA as the recipient will have to become a member.</span></div>
<br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">After deliberation, the PDWG Co-chairs announced that having considered the current version of the policy proposal, the deliberations during the current PPM and the editorial changes that the authors have committed to, they have determined that rough consensus has been reached. The updated version of the policy proposal, with ID AFPUB-2020-GEN-006-DRAFT03, was submitted on 22 Nov 2021 and is available at </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-006-d3" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,85,204)" class="">https://afrinic.net/policy/proposals/2020-gen-006-d3</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class=""> . This version of the proposal will now move to Last Call and the community can further engage in that period. </span></div>
<br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">The Last Call starts on 8 December 2021 and will end at 23h59 UTC on 5 January 2022.</span></div>
<br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">Vincent Ngundi & Darwin Da Costa</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;" class="">AFRINIC PDWG CO-CHAIRS</span></div>
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