Hi John,
On Feb 20, 2026, at 3:42 AM, John Curran - jcurran at istaff.org <mailforwards@cloudmails.net> wrote:
There’s multiple ways to make this work -
E.g. a new RIR for the “region” - simple enough - form an RIR per ICP-2 (or the new RIR Governance doc), get organized, and then apply for recognition.
Or just make use of an existing RIR and apply under their existing policies for ISPs/LIRs as necessary to get the space needed.
Either of these work - as the Internet Number Registry System is more than a table of entries; it’s a mechanism for the community come together, interact and self-govern operation of an actual system - and either approach provides clarity of who the community is, and how applicable policies are established and updated. Either approach allow for the operators to interact with the rest of the community - fairly important for making sure services RDAP and RPKI work across the entire registry.
The approach that lacks clarity is what Tony seems to propose - there’s would be a new region with a distinct set of policies and set of operators but they not have an RIR governance model (ala ICP-2/RIR Governance doc) or any interaction with this community…. They’d be run by an existing RIR as if they were a distinct RIR, but minus the community and the governance model.
I apologize for not being clear. Let me see if I can do better. The point is to have a single point of contact where agencies can place address space requests for outer space. Whether that is an existing or new RIR is a detail. The goal is aggregation for efficient routing. How do we get there? If I need to say something differently, please send text. Tony