I'll let the proposal speak for itself. Not in favor. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 7:23 AM ARIN <[email protected]> wrote:
> The following has been revised: > > * Draft Policy ARIN-2019-12: M&A Legal Jurisdiction Exclusion > > Revised text is below and can be found at: > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_12/ > > 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/participate/policy/pdp/ > > Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/ > > Regards, > > Sean Hopkins > Policy Analyst > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > > Draft Policy ARIN-2019-12: M&A Legal Jurisdiction Exclusion > > Problem Statement: > > Merger and acquisition activity sometimes results in a surviving legal > entity that is not in ARIN service region, but may prefer to continue > the pre-existing relationship with ARIN. > > Example: Imagine a case where a global company has decided to > discontinue service in the ARIN service region (shuttering ARIN region > offices laying off ARIN region employees, and canceling ARIN region > customers) and repurpose the network resources and number resources in > the rest of its global footprint. During restructuring the company > concentrates its holdings in its European subsidiary, and then dissolved > its US legal entity. > > Imagine a case where a global company has decided to divest its service > in the ARIN region (selling all ARIN region offices, all ARIN region > network assets, all ARIN service region customers, all number resources > used in the ARIN (associated with previous noted sale of network and > customers), but retaining ARIN issued resources in use outside of the > ARIN service region. During restructuring the company concentrates its > holdings which are not in us in the ARIN service region in its European > subsidiary, and then sells off its US legal entity (including the > network, customers, addresses in use, etc) dissolved its US legal entity. > > Policy Statement: > > Add the following to section 8.2 > > Mergers, acquisitions, and reorganization activity resulting in the > surviving entity ceasing to have a real and substantial connection with > the ARIN region shall be permitted to continue holding any numbering > resources issued (directly or indirectly) by ARIN prior to the merger, > acquisition or reorganization activity, but shall not qualify for any > additional numbering resources (directly or indirectly) from ARIN, > unless and until it once again has a real and substantial connection > with the ARIN region as required by the Numbering Resource Policy Manual. > > Timetable for Implementation: Immediate > > Anything Else: > > This proposal may be overtaken by a more general approach to ARIN > membership legal jurisdiction exclusion > > To clarify scope, a legal entity present within the ARIN service region, > and a current ARIN RSA executed with that entity, is necessary to > receive allocations or assignments from ARIN. Therefore in the scenario > postulated in the problem statement, the organization would have to > re-establish itself within the ARIN service region to receive additional > resources from ARIN, while it can continue to hold the allocations or > assignments made prior to any merger, acquisition, or reorganization > activity. > > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-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: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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