Support.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:13:03PM -0400, ARIN wrote: > The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 21 October 2016 and decided to send > Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-6: Eliminate HD-Ratio from NRPM to Last > Call: > > The AC provided the following statement to the community: > > This proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number > policy by reducing any confusion caused by HD-Ratio remaining in the NRPM. > According to the staff and legal assessment, these changes align with > current practice of ARIN staff. There is support and no concerns have been > raised by the community regarding this proposal on PPML. During the Public > Policy Meeting at ARIN 38 in Dallas, a concern was raised regarding the > inclusion of comments on the fee structure in the policy statement. To > address this issue an editorial change has been made while sending the > policy to Last Call, removing the following unnecessary text from the > proposed section 6.5.9.2, "(both policy and fee structure) unless or until > the board adopts a specific more favorable fee structure for community > networks." > > Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be > provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This Last Call will expire on 9 > November 2016. After Last Call, the AC will conduct their Last Call review. > > The full text is below and available at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/ > > The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at: > https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html > > Regards, > > Communications and Member Services > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-6: Eliminate HD-Ratio from NRPM > > AC's assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number > Resource Policy: > > This proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number > policy by reducing any confusion caused by HD-Ratio remaining in the NRPM. > According to the staff and legal assessment, these changes align with > current practice of ARIN staff. There is support and no concerns have been > raised by the community regarding this proposal on PPML. > > Problem Statement: > > The HD-Ratio has become an anachronism in the NRPM and some of the vestigial > references to it create confusion about recommended prefix sizes for IPv6 > resulting in a belief in the community that ARIN endorses the idea of /56s > as a unit of measure in IPv6 assignments. While there are members of the > community that believe a /56 is a reasonable choice, ARIN policy has always > allowed and still supports /48 prefixes for any and all end-sites without > need for further justification. More restrictive choices are still permitted > under policy as well. This proposal does not change that, but it attempts to > eliminate some possible confusion. > > The last remaining vestigial references to HD-Ratio are contained in the > community networks policy (Section 6.5.9). This policy seeks to replace > 6.5.9 with new text incorporating end user policy by reference (roughly > equivalent to the original intent of 6.5.9 prior to the more recent changes > to end-user policy). While this contains a substantial rewrite to the > Community Networks policy, it will not have any negative impact on community > networks. It may increase the amount of IPv6 space a community network could > receive due to the change from HD-Ratio, but not more than any other similar > sized end-user would receive under existing policy. > > Policy statement: > > Replace section 6.5.9 in its entirety as follows: > > 6.5.9 Community Network Assignments > > While community networks would normally be considered to be ISP type > organizations under existing ARIN criteria, they tend to operate on much > tighter budgets and often depend on volunteer labor. As a result, they tend > to be much smaller and more communal in their organization rather than > provider/customer relationships of commercial ISPs. This section seeks to > provide policy that is more friendly to those environments by allowing them > to use end-user criteria. > > 6.5.9.1 Qualification Criteria > > To qualify under this section, a community network must demonstrate to > ARIN’s satisfaction that it meets the definition of a community network > under section 2.11 of the NRPM. > > 6.5.9.2 Receiving Resources > > Once qualified under this section, a community network shall be treated as > an end-user assignment for all ARIN purposes. > > Community networks shall be eligible under this section only for IPv6 > resources and the application process and use of those resources shall be > governed by the existing end-user policy contained in section 6.5.8 et. seq. > > Community networks seeking other resources shall remain subject to the > policies governing those resources independent of their election to use this > policy for IPv6 resources. > > Delete section 2.8 — This section is non-operative and conflicts with the > definitions of utilization contained in current policies. > > Delete section 2.9 — This section is no longer operative. > > Delete section 6.7 — This section is no longer applicable. > > Comments: > > Timetable for implementation: Immediate > > Anything else > > Originally, I thought this would be an editorial change as the HD-Ratio has > been unused for several years. > > However, further research revealed that it is still referenced in the > Community Networks policy which has also gone unused since its inception. As > a result, I am going to attempt to simultaneously simplify the Community > Networks policy while preserving its intent and eliminate the HD-Ratio from > the NRPM. > > I realize that fees are out of scope for policy, however, in this case, we > are not setting fees. We are addressing in policy which fee structure the > given policy should operate under in a manner which does not constrain board > action on actual fees. > > This is an attempt to preserve the original intent of the Community networks > policy in a way that may make it less vestigial. > > Alternatively, we could simply delete Section 6.5.9 if that is preferred. > The primary goal here is to get rid of vestigial reference to HD-Ratio > rather than to get wrapped around the axle on community networks. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). 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