I do not support this policy for the reasons Kevin and Albert outlined. This seems a bit premature.
Thanks, Austin Murkland On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 1:40 PM, ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15 June 2017, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced "ARIN-prop-242: > Retire Obsolete Section 4 From the NRPM" to Draft Policy status. > > Draft Policy ARIN-2017-7 is below and can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_7.html > > You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will > evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft > policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated > in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are: > > * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration > * Technically Sound > * Supported by the Community > > The PDP can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html > > Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html > > Regards, > > Sean Hopkins > Policy Analyst > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > Draft Policy ARIN-2017-7: Retire Obsolete Section 4 from the NRPM > > Problem Statement: > > Since IPv4 free pool exhaustion, policy focus has shifted to transfers. > The community elected, instead of revamping and modernizing section 4 in > light of this to, instead, recreate the relevant parts of section 4 in > section 8.5. As a result, section 4 is generally obsolete and can be mostly > retired. Since some small amounts of space do occasionally recreate the > free pool, a mechanism for addressing this must remain and therefore a much > reduced section 4 is proposed here instead of outright retirement. > > Policy statement: > > Replace section 4 of the NRPM with the following: > > 4. IPv4 > > 4.1 IPv4 Requests > > 4.1.1 Any new requests for IPv4 addresses allocated or assigned by ARIN > shall be evaluated based on the criteria for transfer recipients contained > in section 8.5. > > 4.1.2 Any approved requests which cannot be met from the ARIN free pool > shall be handled according to section 4.2. > > 4.2 Unmet requests > > In the event that ARIN does not have a contiguous block of addresses of > sufficient size to fulfill a qualified request, ARIN will provide the > requesting organization with the option to specify the smallest block size > they'd be willing to accept, equal to or larger than the applicable minimum > size specified elsewhere in ARIN policy. If such a smaller block is > available, ARIN will fulfill the request with the largest single block > available that fulfills the request. If no such block is available, the > organization will be provided the option to be placed on a waiting list of > pre-qualified recipients, listing both the block size qualified for and the > smallest block size acceptable. > > Repeated requests are not allowed: an organization may only receive one > allocation, assignment, or transfer every 3 months, but ARIN, at its sole > discretion, may waive this requirement if the requester can document a > change in circumstances since their last request that could not have been > reasonably foreseen at the time of the original request, and which now > justifies additional space. > > Qualified requesters whose request cannot be immediately met will also be > advised of the availability of the transfer mechanism in section 8.3 as an > alternative mechanism to obtain IPv4 addresses. > > 4.2.1. Waiting list > > The position of each qualified request on the waiting list will be > determined by the date it was approved. Each organization may have one > approved request on the waiting list at a time. > > 4.2.2. Fulfilling unmet needs > > As address blocks become available for allocation, ARIN will fulfill > requests on a first-approved basis, subject to the size of each available > address block and a timely re-validation of the original request. Requests > will not be partially filled. Any requests met through a transfer will be > considered fulfilled and removed from the waiting list. > > Comments: > > a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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