I support this policy as written. It clarifies, unifies, and makes both sections more accurate.
— Brian E Jones NIS Virginia Tech On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 4:54 PM ARIN <i...@arin.net> wrote: > On 20 February 2020, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the > following Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status: > > ARIN-2019-20: Harmonization of Maximum Allocation Requirements under > Sections 4.1.8 (ARIN Waitlist) and 4.2.2 (Initial Allocation to ISPs) > > The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found > at: > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2019_20/ > > You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML > prior to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation > (PPC). PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when > determining community consensus. > > 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 > > > > Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2019-20: Harmonization of Maximum > Allocation Requirements under Sections 4.1.8 (ARIN Waitlist) and 4.2.2 > (Initial Allocation to ISPs) > > AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number > Resource Policy: > > Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2019-20 fixes the initial block size > discrepancy between NRPM sections 4.2 (ISP allocations) and 4.1.8 > (Wait-list policy). This recommended draft is technically sound, > supported by the community and enables fair and impartial administration > of number resources by removing conflicting language within the NRPM. > > Problem Statement: > > Under the current ARIN waitlist policy (section 4.1.8), ARIN now only > issues IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding section 4.4 and 4.10 > space) from the ARIN waitlist. The maximum size aggregate for which an > organization may qualify at any one time is a /22. On the other hand, > the current initial allocations to ISPs policy (section 4.2.2) provides > that direct assignments or allocations from ARIN qualify for an initial > allocation of up to a /21, subject to ARIN’s minimum allocation size. > This proposal seeks to resolve the conflict in the maximum allocation > size requirements between the two sections in favour of the requirement > in the waitlist policy, since that is the one that is intended to govern > at the present time. Reconciling the policy language as proposed herein > will avoid confusion by readers of the NRPM. > > Policy Statement: > > Change the first sentence of section 4.2.2 to read: > > “All ISP organizations without direct assignments or allocations from > ARIN qualify for an initial allocation of up to a /22, subject to ARIN’s > minimum allocation size.” > > Timetable for Implementation: Immediate > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues. >
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