On 16 Jan 2021, at 10:35 AM, Fernando Frediani 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Hello Owen

*Any* revocation must always be governed by this forum which is the only body 
who has power to define allocation policies and therefore revocation. RIRs 
don't have power for that, except on exceptional situations (section 10.1) 
which have to be confirmed by this forum.
The RIR, based on RSA may stop providing services to organizations that are not 
up to their payments, but a policy that states loud and clear that 
organizations that fail to pay their fees are also subject to revocation, 
reason why I see no harm to leave the text as it is.

Yes, the Board is free to modify the RSA at will, but they need to make it 
coherent to the whatever the policies say, where it applies of course (ex: 
Policy say that undue payments leads to resources revocation. RSA may outline 
the details how the services will stop being provided until the resources are 
revoked in line with this forum has the sole prerogative to define.)

Just as a comparison and knowing that each RIR PDP may have its differences, 
the essence of ICP-2 is the same, the LACNIC policy manual clearly states in 
section 7 that lack payment (among other reasons) is a reason for revocation. 
Beyond that which is specifically stated in the manual it also says that 
"violations on contractual obligations with LACNIC" may be a reason for 
revocation. In resume, that is defined by the Policy Forum for the RIR to 
execute.

Fernando -

Your assertion is incorrect with respect to ARIN, in that the text in the RSA 
is controlling in this regard (as Owen noted earlier.)

Each RIR has to conform with its own agreements and applicable law, and such 
may have operational impacts on the management of number resources in the 
region absent any corresoonding policy.

As RIRs are member-based organizations,  members in the region elect a 
governing board that hold overall responsibility for the business of the RIR.   
This is no different in ARIN region – the membership of ARIN elects a Board 
which has authority for the organization and this includes establising more 
operational matters such as budget, services, fees, and agreements.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers


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