I would support this reformulation. Best, -Carlton
============================== *Carlton A Samuels* *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:14 PM, David Farmer <[email protected]> wrote: > After taking into account the discussion of ARIN-2017-8 preceding and > during ARIN 40, here are the proposed revisions for the Problem and Policy > Statements for ARIN-2017-8: Amend Community Networks. > > Note the name of the policy is being changed to account for the expansion > of the scope of policy changes beyond just the definition of a Community > Network. > > Following any initial comments or suggestion I will move this forward as > an official update to the Draft Policy in a week or so. > > Thanks. > > ----- > > Problem Statement: > > The Community Networks section of the NRPM has only been used once since > implementation in January 2010. Proposal ARIN-2016-7, to increase the > number of use cases, was abandoned by the Advisory Council due to lack of > feedback. Proposal ARIN 2017-2, to remove all mention of community networks > from NRPM was met with opposition by the community. Many responded that the > definition of "community network" was too narrow, which could be the reason > for lack of uptake. > > In the discussion at ARIN 40, it was clear that more than just the > definition of a community network needs to be revised and that community > networks need to have allocations and not assignments made to them. > > Policy statement: > > Replace section 2.11 with the following; > > 2.11 Community Network > > *A community network is deployed, operated, and governed by its users, for > the purpose of providing free or low-cost connectivity to the community it > services. Users of the network or other volunteers must play a primary role > in governance of the organization, other functions may be handled by either > paid staff or volunteers.* > > Rename section 6.5.9 and revise the last sentence as follows; > > 6.5.9. Community Network *Allocations* > > 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 > *community > network to receive a smaller allocation than other LIRs or commercial ISPs.* > > Replace section 6.5.9.2 and 6.5.9.3 with the following; > > *6.5.9.2. Allocation Size* > > *Community Networks are eligible only to receive an allocation of /40 of > IPv6 resources under this section. Community Networks that wish to receive > a larger initial allocation or any subsequent allocations must qualify as a > regular LIR, see sections 6.5.2 or 6.5.3 respectively. * > > *6.5.9.3. Reassignments by Community Networks* > > *Similar to other LIRs, Community Networks shall make reassignments to > end-users in accordance with applicable policies, in particular but not > limited to sections 6.5.4 and 6.5.5. However, they shall not reallocate > resources to other organizations.* > > Comments: > > Timetable for implementation: Immediate > > -- > =============================================== > David Farmer Email:[email protected] > Networking & Telecommunication Services > Office of Information Technology > University of Minnesota > 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 <(612)%20626-0815> > Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 <(612)%20812-9952> > =============================================== > > _______________________________________________ > 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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