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

On 26/03/2018 13:06, Jim Reid wrote:
> This is a remarkably bad idea. It’s also likely to be unworkable.
> 
> First, it’s not clear what problem (if any) this proposed new RIR would solve. Where’s the use case(s)? What are the requirements and why aren’t these being met by the existing RIR system? Each RIR produces address allocation policies which meet the needs of their respective communities. Have these somehow become defective? And if the regional policy in LACNIC (say) isn’t working for that part of the world, why can’t that be fixed directly without introducing this new (allegedly virtual) RIR and all the extra complexity that will create?
> 
> Second, how will policies for this new RIR be created/implemented/maintaines/decided? How will they be aligned with those of the existing RIRs? How/when does an RIR decide to use this new RIR's address resources instead of its own to handle a request from an LIR?
> 
> Third, why will addresses from this proposed new RIR be “better” than those issued by the existing RIRs? What makes these addresses “special”? Who needs them? Why?
> 
> Fourth, why would an LIR choose to pay more for these “special” addresses instead of just using the ones it’s already got from its RIR?
> 
> Fifth, this proposal has great potential for unnecessary mission creep, adding more moving parts, forum shopping and so on.

All very good points.

All I can really add is to amplify on point 2:

Proposing the creation of a "global registry" isn't really about saying
"Let's have a GIR too". That's the simple bit. The real meat of
proposing a GIR is saying "let's have a new institution, that has

- THIS structure
- THIS funding model
- THIS secretariat/support/NCC equivalent
- THIS type of PDP
- THIS model for who participates in the PDP (both in theory and practice)
etc.

Until you have a proposal (at least in outline) for what that looks
like, you don't *have* a proposal at all, just a vague idea of address
management by Coca-Cola*.

Malcolm
* classical reference.

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