Alan Barrett

Public policy participant

The available evidence covers Roles: Policy Development Working Group Co-chair, elected May 2012 (AFRINIC).

Source description Public policy participant

Latest May 2012

Roles: Policy Development Working Group Co-chair, elected May 2012 (AFRINIC)

Confidence

Information type: RIR policy participation

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Alan Barrett
The PDWG unanimously elected Alan P Barrett as the other PDWG Co-Chair, to complete Dr Nyirenda’s remaining 1 year term ending June 2013.
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Alan Barrett
Alan Barrett apb at cequrux.com Sun May 18 07:07:35 UTC 2014
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Alan Barrett
Chairs: Alan Barrett <apb at cequrux.com> S. Moonesamy <sm+afrinic at elandsys.com>
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Last updated: 2026-09-25

Roles

Role:Policy Development Working Group Co-chair, elected May 2012 (AFRINIC)· May 2012Not yet assessedHistorical

Role:Interim Policy Development Working Group Co-chair (documented June 2011) (AFRINIC)Not yet assessedHistorical

Source facts

RIR Policy Participation

1RIRs participated

10Policies participated

13Total policy messages

May 9, 2011First participation

Nov 28, 2014Last participation

AFPUB-2012-DNS-001No Reverse Unless AssignedUnknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
Alan reports rough consensus at AFRINIC-18 for No Reverse Unless Assigned and anticipates last call. This meeting-stage report is not a personal endorsement or a final ratification decision.
No Reverse Unless Assigned
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Alan reports rough consensus at AFRINIC-18 for No Reverse Unless Assigned and anticipates last call. This meeting-stage report is not a personal endorsement or a final ratification decision.
Conditions: Only one procedural report is supplied for this policy.
Jun 20, 2013
The following policy proposals acheieved rough consensus during the PDP discussions at the AFRINIC-18 meeting today.
Jun 20, 2013
* No Reverse Unless Assigned AFPUB-2012-DNS-001-DRAFT-02
afpub-2012-gen-001AFPUB-2012-GEN-001-DRAFT-02Unknown · 2 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
AFPUB-2012-V4-001AFPUB-2012-V4-001-DRAFT-01Unknown · 2 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
AFPUB-2013-GEN-001AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02Unknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
Alan includes Academic IPv4 Allocation among proposals that reached rough consensus at the meeting. No personal argument or later comparison for that policy is supplied here.
AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Alan includes Academic IPv4 Allocation among proposals that reached rough consensus at the meeting. No personal argument or later comparison for that policy is supplied here.
Conditions: Meeting consensus and subsequent last-call outcomes must remain separate.
Jun 20, 2013
The following policy proposals acheieved rough consensus during the PDP discussions at the AFRINIC-18 meeting today.
Jun 20, 2013
* Academic IPv4 Allocation AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01 · AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Different reported consensus outcomes for IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment and Academic IPv4 Allocation concern the meeting's treatment of different proposals. They are not evidence that Alan applies contradictory personal principles, because the message reports outcomes without stating his own substantive positions on either proposal.
Conditions: Both entries come from one meeting report, not two independent personal endorsements.
Jun 20, 2013
* Academic IPv4 Allocation AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
Jun 20, 2013
* IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01
AFPUB-2013-V4-001AFPUB-2013-V4-001-DRAFT-01Unknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
The Inter RIR IPv4 Address Transfers proposal appears under the meeting's no-consensus outcome. Alan's report alone cannot be used to label him opposed to transfers or to infer a reversal.
AFPUB-2013-V4-001-DRAFT-01
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The Inter RIR IPv4 Address Transfers proposal appears under the meeting's no-consensus outcome. Alan's report alone cannot be used to label him opposed to transfers or to infer a reversal.
Conditions: No consensus at this meeting does not itself mean withdrawal or board rejection.
Jun 20, 2013
The following policy proposal was also discussed today, but did not achieve consensus:
Jun 20, 2013
* Inter RIR IPv4 Address Transfers AFPUB-2013-V4-001-DRAFT-01
AFPUB-2013-V4-002AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01Unknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
Alan reports that the IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment proposal did not achieve consensus at the meeting. That observation does not establish his personal opposition or how his own position changed.
AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Alan reports that the IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment proposal did not achieve consensus at the meeting. That observation does not establish his personal opposition or how his own position changed.
Conditions: A report of absent consensus is not a personal verdict on the proposal.
Jun 20, 2013
The following policy proposal was also discussed today, but did not achieve consensus:
Jun 20, 2013
* IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01
AFPUB-2013-V4-002-DRAFT-01 · AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Different reported consensus outcomes for IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment and Academic IPv4 Allocation concern the meeting's treatment of different proposals. They are not evidence that Alan applies contradictory personal principles, because the message reports outcomes without stating his own substantive positions on either proposal.
Conditions: Both entries come from one meeting report, not two independent personal endorsements.
Jun 20, 2013
* Academic IPv4 Allocation AFPUB-2013-GEN-001-DRAFT-02
Jun 20, 2013
AFPUB-2013-V6-001AFPUB-2013-V6-001-DRAFT-01Unknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
afpub-2014-gen-003Anycast resource assignments in the AFRINIC regionUnknown · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
AFPUB-2026-IPv4-001-DRAFT02IPv4 Soft LandingUnknown · 2 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: No explicit position stated
board-statement-2014-11-25-resource-allocationAFRINIC Board statement on resource allocation — 25 November 2014Support with changes · 1 Discussion messages
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
Alan agrees with the board statement while emphasizing the letter and spirit of existing policy, checks proportionate to the requested space, and policy change through the PDP rather than ad hoc intervention. These positions fit together within this response; one exchange is insufficient to assess change over time. His closing question about an application is not evidence of its approval.
AFRINIC Board statement on resource allocation — 25 November 2014
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · Alan agrees with the board statement while emphasizing the letter and spirit of existing policy, checks proportionate to the requested space, and policy change through the PDP rather than ad hoc intervention. These positions fit together within this response; one exchange is insufficient to assess change over time. His closing question about an application is not evidence of its approval.
Conditions: The response expresses a principle of policy-bound administration, not a verified decision on an individual application.
Nov 26, 2014
I am in agreement with all of it
Nov 26, 2014
both the letter and the spirit of the existing policies.
Nov 26, 2014
the correct remedial action is not to petition the staff or the board to do things outside the policy, but rather to go through the policy development process to change the policy.