On 1 Oct 2016 07:11, "Alan Barrett" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear AFRINIC community, > > It’s now a few minutes after midnight in Washington, DC. The IANA contract between NTIA and ICANN has expired. > > ICANN is now performing the IANA Numbering Services (assigning IP addresses and ASNs to RIRs, and some related tasks) in terms of a contract between the RIRs and ICANN, instead of in terms of a contract between the NTIA and ICANN. ICANN asked for permission to sub-contract the IANA Numbering Services to PTI, and the RIRs consented, so the IANA functions will actually be performed by PTI, although ICANN remains responsible. >
This is positive progress and indeed great news for the diverse internet community at large. What we can all be proud of here is the entire process that was inclusive and indeed made this transition possible. As we can all imagine now, "oversight" is community oriented and the multistakeholder bottom-up process of inclusiveness bred good governance and leadership to make this great achivement possible. We as the AFRNIC community ought to borrow a leaf from this as we continue to develop the African Internet. > > Alan Barrett > Noah
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