Thank you Kat and John. And thank you Gerry for this Policy Proposal. After reviewing it more closely, I believe Option 2 would be the best one to go with. It is more explicit and will remove the room for ambiguity or misunderstanding. I support it.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 03:35:04PM -0400, Gerry George via ARIN-PPML wrote: > I note and welcome the comments by Kat Hunter & John Curran regarding > appropriate language and the use of clauses such as "grandfathered in" as per > the text suggestion which was submitted. > For clarity, this was recognized and reflected in the "ADDITIONAL TEXT" > section > of the post below where it said "the full text of the policy...." > I reproduce this section as follows: > > > The full change to the policy will thus be: > > >> Problem Statement > > >> [1]Section 9 of the NRPM, Out of Region Use, requires organizations to use > >> at > >> least a /22 in the ARIN region before they can justify out of region use. > >> This harms smaller organizations that have less than a /22 in region but do > >> require some out of region use. > > >> Policy Statement > > >> Modify the following text in [2]Section 9: > > >> FROM: > >> IPv4: At least a /22 used in region. > >> TO: > >> IPv4: At least a /24 used in region. > > > ADDITIONAL TEXT: > > >> Out of Region usage justification can only be used to acquire IPv4 > >> addresses > >> from the transfer market. > >> Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is > >> implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in > >> effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List. > >> [Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect > >> shall > >> be exempted and will not be affected by this change.] > > > OR > > >> Out-of-Region Usage Justification may not be used to receive IPv4 address > >> space from the ARIN Waiting List (4.1.8), the Micro-allocation Pool (4.4), > >> or > >> the Dedicated IPv4 Block to Facilitate IPv6 Deployment (4.10). > >> Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is > >> implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in > >> effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List. > >> [Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect > >> shall > >> be exempted and will not be affected by this change.] > > > Note the text in square brackets suggests the intent of the last sentence, > > and > > may be considered for substitution for brevity. > > Thank you to Kat Hunter and John Curran for the clarifications to the > community > regarding wording, clarity of language and intent of terminology used in > policy. Furthermore, I applaud their keen insight, careful eye, and vigilance > on this issue. > Let's keep the comments and discussions going. -- Roman V Tatarnikov | https://linkedin.com/in/rtatarnikov
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