Hi John,
> On Feb 20, 2026, at 3:42 AM, John Curran - jcurran at istaff.org > <[email protected]> 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 ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/address-policy-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
