Re: [ispcp] RE: [isoc-advisory-council] ISOC Draft Response to the US Department of Commerce IANA Further Notice of Inquiry

[Malcolm Hutty <malcolm@xxxxxxxx>]

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On 21/07/2011 09:14, alain.bidron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I must also say that if I understand the concerns expressed by ISOC, 
> I am unconfortable to see the RIRs (or even the NRO) presented as 
> "policy making bodies".

The RIRs do make technical policy such as, for example, the policy that
governs how the last /8 of IPv4 is allocated or policy as to whether IP
address allocations are tradeable.

In the RIPE region policy is actually made by RIPE rather than the RIPE
NCC, but that's a local complication about the split in RIR functions in
that region between RIPE and RIPE NCC.

The NRO is not a policy making body. It is, essentially, a trade
association of the RIRs. It has a role in helping coordinate
policy-development work between the RIRs so that policy implementation
dates of equivalent policies are aligned, and it has a role in
communicating outcomes to stakeholders, but it doesn't have an
acknowledged role in making policy decisions.

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