For Immediate Release http://www.afrinic.net/af11_press.pdf
AFRINIC-11, DAKAR, SENEGAL The African Network Information Center, AfriNIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, held its 11th Public Policy Meeting, 21 27 November 2009, at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal. The meeting, which was graciously hosted by lAgence de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) and sponsored by Espresso, Huawei, Internet Society (ISOC), and Orange, was attended by some 150 delegates representing twenty (20) nations. Mr. Ndongo Diao, Directeur General, ARTP, opened the meeting with remarks, followed by the Keynote Address from Mrs. Aminata Tall, Ministre d'état, Secrétaire Générale de la Présidence de la République. The programme consisted of two-days of IPv6 training, workshops on Internet Measurement, DNS Operations, Mail Abuse, African 4th IPv6 Day, Internet Governance Day, two-days of Plenary Sessions that included the Public Policy Discussion. The industry presentations covered issues related to Access, Security, IPv4 exhaustion and the uptake of IPv6, Internet Governance initiatives, report of the IGF 2009 event, updates from ICANN/IANA, ISOC, other RIRs, Orange, Huawei, ARTP, Association of African Universities (AAU), and other representation from academia, government, and the private sector. On the issue of Security, AfriNIC announced the first AfriNIC Government Working Group event for Law Enforcement Agencies to be held 25 26 January, 2010, Ebene, Mauritius. One of the major outcomes of the Public Policy Discussion was the consensus by the community to endorse the Global Policy proposal for Allocation of ASN Blocks to the RIRs by IANA. Another policy proposal discussed was the 'IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks', with a consensus being reached that proposal should be withdrawn, and that the author of the proposal should liaise with the AfriNIC staff and Board to devise a more viable solution if the main rational is to have a special discount and category for this category of users. A third policy proposal, related to 'IPv4 Soft Landing' which define how AfriNIC should manage its last IPv4 blocks, did not reach consensus during the meeting and was returned to the Resource Policy Discuss (RPD) mailing list for further discussion. During the meeting, AfriNIC and AAU signed a Memorandum of Understanding, establishing that AAU via a grant from FRENIA will contribute to the setup fees and a first-year membership fee of eligible African Academic institutions and RENs from Africa. This is the second MoU between AfriNIC and AAU to support the common goal of improving Campus and Research network infrastructure in Africa. AfriNICs Public Policy meetings are open to anyone and are particularly relevant to members, ISPs, the Internet community, academia, governments and regulators. Participation in these meetings will give you tremendous opportunities to improve your network infrastructure, increase your knowledge on Internet related issues, networking, and to have your say in policies that affect future development of the Internet in your region. We are pleased to announce that AfriNICs 12th Public Policy meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda, 23 May - 4 June, 2010 and would like to extend a warm invitation to the community to attend and participate. Access our website at www.afrinic.net for additional information. Contact: Lillian Sharpley Communications Area Manager Email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ announce mailing list [email protected] https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce
