I support option 2.

It is hard enough trying to follow the regional policy differences as an 
international network.
At least being able to find each regions policies in a single document would be 
a monumental
improvement.

Owen

On Feb 16, 2014, at 21:33 , Adam Gosling <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues
> 
> Many of you may recall that the APNIC Secretariat has been working
> toward a restructure of the policy documents that govern the management
> of resources in the region.
> 
> Last March, I circulated a draft document that merged all seven policy
> documents into one policy manual. The email containing the links to
> those drafts is available here:
> 
> http://mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy/archive/2013/03/msg00002.html
> 
> Since then I have had some feedback that some may find a different 
> approach easier. Accordingly, I have identified below, a series of four
> options. These range from no change - maintain the seven separate 
> documents, to keeping three or four documents.
> 
> To give a sense of what this might look like, I've pasted a likely Table
> of Contents for each policy according to the structure of each option.
> 
> I can discuss this in more detail at APNIC 37, but the idea is to either
> put all policies together in one policy manual, or to maintain separate
> IPv4, IPv6, and AS number documents.
> 
> I look forward to feedback and opinions from community members, either
> on this list, or at the meeting.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> -- 
> Adam Gosling
> Senior Policy Specialist       email:             [email protected]
> APNIC                          sip:          [email protected]
> http://www.apnic.net           phone:            +61 7 3858 3100
> ________________________________________________________________________
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> 
> 
> 
> -------------------
> OPTION 1: No Change
> -------------------
> 
> Policy Environment
> IPv4 Policy
> IPv6 Policy
> Experimental Policy
> ASN Policy
> Transfers Policy
> Historical Resource Policy
> 
> 
> --------------------
> OPTION 2: One Policy
> --------------------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Distribution Hierarchy
> 2. Definitions
>    All definitions
> 3. Policy framework
>    Goals & Principles
> 4. Resource License
>    Validity, renewal, recovery
> 5. Resource Management
>    APNIC pool management
>    Historical resources
>    LIR responsibilities
> 6. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments
>    Criteria for ASN delegations
>    Experimental allocations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional transfers IPv4 & ASNs
>    Inter-RIR transfers IPv4 & ASNs
>    Historical resources
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio
> 
> 
> --------------------------------
> OPTION 3: Three Policy Documents
> --------------------------------
> 
> IPv4 Policy
> -----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Distribution Hierarchy
> 2. Definitions
>    Relevant definitions only
> 3. Policy framework
>    Goals & Principles
> 4. Resource License
>    Validity, renewal, recovery
> 5. Resource Management
>    APNIC pool management
>    Historical resources
>    LIR responsibilities
> 6. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations
>    Experimental allocations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional IPv4 transfers
>    Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers
>    Historical resources
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 
> 
> IPv6 Policy
> -----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Distribution Hierarchy
> 2. Definitions
>    Relevant definitions only
> 3. Policy framework
>    Goals & Principles
> 4. Resource License
>    Validity, renewal, recovery
> 5. Resource Management
>    APNIC pool management
>    LIR responsibilities
> 6. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments
>    Experimental allocations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio
> 
> 
> ASN Policy
> ----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy & Distribution Hierarchy
> 2. Definitions
>    Relevant definitions only
> 3. Policy framework
>    Goals & Principles
> 4. Resource License
>    Validity, renewal, recovery
> 5. Resource Management
>    APNIC pool management
>    Historical resources
>    LIR responsibilities
> 6. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for ASN delegations
>    Experimental allocations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional ASN transfers
>    Inter-RIR ASN transfers
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> OPTION 4: Four Policy Documents
> -------------------------------
> 
> Policy Environment
> ------------------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Distribution Hierarchy
> 2. Definitions
>    All definitions
> 3. Policy framework
>    Goals & Principles
> 4. Resource License
>    Validity, renewal, recovery
> 5. Resource Management
>    APNIC pool management
>    Historical resources
>    LIR responsibilities
> 6. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional transfers IPv4 & ASNs
>    Inter-RIR transfers IPv4 & ASNs
>    Historical resources
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 7. Experimental allocations
> 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio
> 
> 
> IPv4 Policy
> -----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Subject to Policy Environment
> 2. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional IPv4 transfers
>    Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers
>    Historical resources
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 
> 
> IPv6 Policy
> -----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Subject to Policy Environment
> 2. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations
>    Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments
>    Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio
> 
> 
> ASN Policy
> ----------
> 1. Introduction
>    Scope of Policy
>    Subject to Policy Environment
> 2. Resource requests
>    General requirements for requests
>    Criteria for ASN delegations
> 7. Resource Transfers
>    Intra-Regional ASN transfers
>    Inter-RIR ASN transfers
>    Mergers, acquisitions
> 
> 
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