[address-policy-wg] LACNIC "Proposal to create a Global Internet Registry (GIR)"

Hi

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 09:42 Gert Doering <gert at space.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 09:08:56AM +0000, Randy Bush wrote:
> > and i am less sure i want to strongly assert that the split still makes
> > sense.  do the regional empires really improve the operators' life?
>
> For an regional European operator, I certainly value being able to talk
> to someone in my timezone, talk to someone who understands the way
> Germans do business, etc. - read: the interaction with a regional IR
> (RIPE NCC) works well for us.


I am not sure if the language cultural difference between, say, Russian and
Dutch are greater than British and American.

As far as time zone concerned, RIPE region are crossing 8 different time
zones, consider the biggest time difference you may have on the planet is
12, I am not sure that stands as well.



>
> "Timezone" and "cultural understanding" seem to be the important bits.
>
> Where the *numbers* come from, in the end, does not matter much - it
> could be a global pool everyone draws from (well, it is, but we pretend
> it isn't), but the local interaction is important.
>
>
> Also, this being a policy list, being able to discuss and agree on policy
> inside a region is complicated enough.  Getting agreement globally on
> *details* seems to be near impossible ("principles" sort of worked out).
>
>
> > and, while indeed this is being discussed in lacnic, it does affect the
> > ripe region.
>
> True, but since a global proposal needs to reach consensus everywhere,
> we can be a bit lazy and wait to see how much momentum it gains in Lacnic,
> before formally entering the discussion here...
>
> Gert Doering
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Kind regards.
Lu
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