Re: 1/8 and 27/8 allocated to APNIC

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer () nic fr>]

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:16:12AM -0500,
 William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson () gmail com> wrote 
 a message of 17 lines which said:

> > http://blog.icann.org/2009/09/selecting-which-8-to-allocate-to-an-rir/
> Because relying on a blog post for policy 

I'm fairly certain that it is because the ICANN staff can post on its
own blog at will while creating a "real" policy and publishing it on
the official Web site requires five years, the (paid) advice of ten
lawyers and the signature of five vice-presidents.