If they allow bidirectional transfers, then this would be moot because the 
reciprocity requirement would no longer block anything and this change would be 
a no-op.

However, yes, within those regions, there is significant pandering to a vocal 
minority that is afraid of space leaving their region due to deeper pockets 
elsewhere.

Owen

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 12:31 , Chris Woodfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Which leads to the question as to why… a policy proposal to allow for 
> outbound transfers as well as inbound in those regions would render this 
> policy moot. Is there any sense of the appetite for such a proposal in either 
> region, or would it be perceived as having the potential to result in even 
> more IP space leaving those regions (due to deeper pockets in the transfer 
> market in other regions)?
> 
> -C
> 
>> On Sep 7, 2017, at 11:25 AM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Neither LACNIC nor AfriNIC have currently passed or implemented an inter-RIR 
>> transfer policy.
>> 
>> All Inter-RIR policies that have been considered in either region have been 
>> unilateral inbound-only to the best of my knowledge.
>> 
>> Owen
>> 
>>> On Sep 7, 2017, at 05:30 , Kevin Blumberg <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Are there active polices in the other regions that rely on this policy? I 
>>> understand there have been discussions, however I don't know what the 
>>> status is/was. 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Kevin Blumberg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ARIN-PPML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ARIN
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 2:36 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: [arin-ppml] Revised: ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement 
>>> for Inter-RIR Transfers
>>> 
>>> The following has been revised:
>>> 
>>> * Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR 
>>> Transfers
>>> 
>>> Revised text is below and can be found at:
>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2017_4.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-2017-4: Remove Reciprocity Requirement for Inter-RIR 
>>> Transfers
>>> 
>>> Version Date: 6 September 2017
>>> 
>>> Problem Statement:
>>> 
>>> AFRINIC and LACNIC are currently considering one-way inter-RIR transfer 
>>> proposals. Those RIR communities feel a one-way policy a policy that allows 
>>> network operators in their regions to obtain space from another region and 
>>> transfer it into AFRINIC and LACNIC may best meet the needs of the 
>>> operators in that region.
>>> 
>>> ARIN staff, in reply to an inquiry from AFRINIC, have formally indicated 
>>> that ARINs 8.4 policy language will not allow ARIN to participate in such 
>>> one-way transfers. The staff formally indicate to AFRINIC that the word 
>>> reciprocal in 8.4 prohibits ARIN from allowing ARIN-registered space to 
>>> transfer directly to AFRINIC (in this context).
>>> 
>>> ARIN as a community should recognize that other RIR operator communities 
>>> have different needs than we do. We should recognize that:
>>> 
>>> - network operators in AFRINIC in LACNIC have need to obtain space in the 
>>> market;
>>> 
>>> - have reasons they think are important to not allow two-way transfers; and
>>> 
>>> - we should understand that the history of the RIR system has led to LACNIC 
>>> and AFRINIC having multiple orders of magnitude less IPv4 address space 
>>> than ARIN does.
>>> 
>>> Policy statement:
>>> 
>>> Add the following sentence after the first sentence of NRPM 8.4:
>>> 
>>> Inter-RIR transfers may take place to an RIR with a non-reciprocal 
>>> inter-RIR transfer policy only when the recipient RIR has an IPv4 total 
>>> inventory less than the average (mean) of the IPv4 total inventory among 
>>> all of the RIRs.
>>> 
>>> Timetable for implementation: Upon the ratification of any inter-RIR 
>>> transfer policy at another RIR that is one-way as described in the problem 
>>> statement.
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