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.




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