Paula many thanks for that good news. I'm sure RIPE and the NCC wish Afrinic every success and will give every possible help and advice to the formation process. Can we invite some of the people concerned to RIPE 32? Perhaps Rob could feature this in the agenda? Regards. Mike ----------

From: Paula Caslav <paula@ripe.net> To: local-ir@ripe.net; lir-wg@ripe.net Subject: FYI: Afrinic Proposal Date: 28 December 1998 14:20

Dear Registries,

After a meeting in Cotonou Benin, there is a proposal to create a new Regional Registry for the continent of Africa. If you are interested in reading the proposal, please look at the web site:

www.afrinic.org

and if you wish to participate in the discussions, please subscribe to the afrinic-discuss@afrinic.org mailing list. (Subscribe by sending a "subscribe" request to afrinic-discuss-request@afrinic.org.)

Kind regards,

Paula Caslav RIPE NCC