Following the discussion on the mailinglist and at the RIPE meeting I have seen no proposals to modify the proposal and would like to move the proposal into the conclustion phase in the policy development process http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/pdp.html Last call will end at July 15th. Best Regards Hans Petter Holen WG Chair Hans Petter Holen wrote:
Dear All, With the formal recognition of AfriNIC as a fully functioning RIR there is no need to still have special policy provisions for the AfriNIC region in the RIPE NCC region. http://www.nro.net/archive/news/20050411-afrinic-final-recognition.html
As I do not expect much discussion on this Item I propose to end the discussion period by May 1st.
1.Number (assigned by the RIPE NCC) #epsilon
2.Policy Proposal Name: Policy text modifications to take account of ICANN recognition of AfriNIC as a fully functioning RIR.
3.Author a.name: Adiel Akplogan b.e-mail: adiel@afrinic.net c.telephone:+230 259 2409 d.organisation: AfriNIC
4.Proposal Version: 1.0
5.Submission Date:
6.Suggested WG for discussion and publication Address Policy Working Group
7.Proposal type: modify a.new, modify, or delete.
8.Policy term: renewable a.temporary, permanent, or renewable.
9.Summary of proposal To modify the policy document text to reflect full recognition of AfriNIC as a functioning RIR.
10. Policy text a.Current (if modify):
"1.0 Introduction
The RIPE NCC is an independent association and serves as one of four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Its service region incorporates Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and African countries located north of the equator."
b.New:
"1.0 Introduction
The RIPE NCC is an independent association and serves as one of /five/ Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Its service region incorporates Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia."
a.Current (if modify):
"5.1 First Allocation
The RIPE NCC's minimum allocation size is /21.
The minimum allocation size for countries in Africa is /22."
b.New:
"5.1 First Allocation
The RIPE NCC's minimum allocation size is /21."
11. Rationale: a.Arguments supporting the proposal With the recognition of AfriNIC as a fully functioning and independant RIR there is a need to modify this document reflecting this change.
b.Arguments opposing the proposal None.