Dear John See response inline:
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 3:43 PM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12 Oct 2020, at 8:30 AM, Anthony Ubah <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the sake of better understanding, please let me clarify a few things: > > One, it would be arduous and complicated if there is a middleman fugure > mediating the conversation between ARIN, AFRINIC, and us the proposal > authors. I would love to explore an option of communicating directly. We > are also looking forward to the discussion from the ARIN community. > > Lastly, the version sent by the Afrinic staff to the RPD list is not the > latest text draft(shared in this thread), an thus we wish to discuss the > newest version with the ARIN community directly. > > > Anthony - > > You indicate that you wish to discuss the proposal with the ARIN > community, but you also note that you seek to “inquire about its > reciprocity with ARIN” – which is a determination that must be made by ARIN > staff. > > This is likely the source of confusion, since if the topic you’d like to > discuss with the ARIN community whether the proposal meets ARIN’s NRPM > section 8.4 requirement ("Inter-regional transfers of IPv4 number resources > and ASNs may take place only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share > reciprocal, compatible needs-based policies.”), it’s probably more likely a > discussion with ARIN staff that you seek regarding the compatibility of the > proposal. However, for sake of expediency, let’s proceed with that > discussion here on the ppml list, as it’s possible that doing so may lead > to related discussions on ARIN number resource policy. > * Thank you for your clarification, but since the community serves as the "supreme court of policies", the best place to seek answers would be PPML.* > > In order to get the discussion moving, I’d like to get clarity on two > questions regarding your proposed policy – > > *1. Does the policy impose any conditions on recipient organizations in > the ARIN region receiving **transfers from AFRINIC-served entities?* > * No. The final version of this proposal indicates clearly that no condition will be imposed on the recipient’s organization in other regions, which obviously also applies to the case of ARIN.* > > *2. Does the policy impose any conditions on source organizations in the > ARIN region doing transfers to AFRINIC-served entities?* > > *No. The final version of this proposal indicates clearly that no condition will be imposed on the source organizations in other regions, which obviously also applies to the case of ARIN. * *This’s the intention of our proposal. If there are any unclear wordings that may cause possible misunderstanding or confusion, please let us know. * > (These two questions are germane because when ARIN is reviewing InterRIR > transfer requests, we simply apply the criteria provided in the NRPM – i.e. > we do not evaluate requests against any conditions or criteria that may be > contained in other RIR policy documents...) > > Thanks! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers > > > >
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