On 6/4/13, Kevin Kargel <[email protected]> wrote: > I for one am a supporter of the needs basis. As I have said before, if we
I don't. I favor needs basis policy as a necessary evil; to avoid excess abuse of the registry, and help assure the conservation of scarce number resources. Needs basis is a bad thing, in the sense that it essentially says "The RIR is going to decide what the RIR thinks you need, and give you only this" -- but for IPv4 and ASN numbers, this is good policy. > eliminate the needs basis then I want to be first in line to request > everything that is left. I am sure there will be quite a queue. I am in favor of needs basis being deprecated for IPv6, and newer more appropriately sized number resource pools, and replaced with something else that will provide conservation. For example: Pay for quantity of resources. Or: demonstration of meaningful plan to utilize resources. When we are talking about resources you might need in 5 years; this is not about "needs basis", but about reasonable future projections. I believe for IPv6, "needs basis" is obsolete, and "Reasonable future projected use" should be the standard. > My perception is that the ARIN community is strongly biased to support needs The ARIN community is strongly biased towards supporting IPv4, so it makes sense, they would favor draconian policy required to support a rapidly diminishing resource. But this isn't good for ARIN. > basis and there is a very vocal minority trying to eliminate it so that they > can create a market they can profit by. I don't read the opposition to Characterizing opponents as "vocal minority with an agenda" in that manner is so disingenuous... > needs basis as having anything to do with the good of the community, though > there have been many mutations of the spin on it to try and advertise it > that way. > > Kevin -- -JH _______________________________________________ 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.
