The following is a new policy proposal that has been posted to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List for discussion on that list.
Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: ARIN-prop-139 No reassignment without network service Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:56:51 -0400 From: ARIN <i...@arin.net> To: arin-p...@arin.net ARIN-prop-139 No reassignment without network service ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy Development Process. The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) will review the proposal at their next regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML. The AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML, particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations. Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Mailing list subscription information can be found at: https://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## ARIN-prop-139 No reassignment without network service Proposal Originator: Owen DeLong Proposal Version: 1 Date: 7 April 2011 Proposal type: modify Policy term: permanent Policy statement: Replace section 2.4 which currently reads: 2.4. Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR that primarily assigns address space to the users of the network services that it provides. LIRs are generally Internet Service Providers (ISPs), whose customers are primarily end users and possibly other ISPs. With: 2.4 Local Internet Registry (LIR) A Local Internet Registry (LIR) is an IR that assigns address space exclusively to the users of the network services that it provides. LIRs are Network Service Providers (ISPs or NSPs), whose customers may include end users and/or other ISPs/NSPs. Rationale: There has been discussion of late as to whether section 2.4 precludes registries which are not ISPs. In the RIPE region, their policy does not currently preclude such registries and there are a number of non-ISP registries which have created significant problems. While there are a few existing organizations in the ARIN region which reassign space without providing connectivity services, these have generally been for the purpose of building exchange points and other such critical infrastructure. As such, current ARIN policy provides mechanisms for such infrastructure organizations to deal directly with ARIN Current ARIN staff interpretation of section 2.4 is in line with the new proposed language. As such, this change will not have an operational impact, but, only serves to bring the policy language in line with current operational practice. Timetable for implementation: In effect, this policy is already implemented. For policy purposes, immediate. _______________________________________________ ARIN-Announce You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Announce Mailing List (ARIN-announce@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.