Fernando, On Jan 23, 2024, at 12:15 AM, Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/01/2024 21:34, Christopher Hawker wrote: >> >> > One thing that must end in APNIC is the possibility for NIR to have their >> > own set of policies. >> >> An NIR at the APNIC level, is treated as any other APNIC member with the >> exception of the fees they charge. They effectively perform the same >> functions as an RIR, with the exception that they perform it at an economy >> level and not a regional level. They also do so much more than just existing >> to "facilitate language and cultural stuff". Why should NIRs not be able to >> form their own policies that may better align with their economy's systems >> and processes, after consultation with their members and APNIC? This is akin >> to saying that RIRs should not be able to adopt their own policies and >> instead should operate under one global policy system. >> > They should not because it is not their function nor their prerogative. This > belongs to RIRs only and if NIRs are doing more than they should it is not a > justification for them to make up rules they don't have prerogative to do.
You appear to have an interesting perception of the function/prerogative of NIRs. You are aware that some NIRs pre-date the RIRs and generally, NIRs reflect the preferences (or, in some cases, legal mandates) related to the management of address space by the Internet community within their economy, right? > NIRs should restrict their functions to administrative functions at regional > or national level and leave exclusively with the RIR the ability to set and > check the compliance of what is the current rule. By what right/under what authority do you believe the behavior of NIRs should be constrained? Regards, -drc _______________________________________________ SIG-policy - https://mailman.apnic.net/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
