Thanks George for the details.

So this policy is trying to solve the problems which don't exist.


On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 at 12:28 George Kuo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Aftab,
>
> Thanks for your patience. I now have more information for you.
>
> Total number of IPv4 market transfers that did not get completed in the
> last 12 months is 97.
>
> Below is the breakdown of reasons:
> Fraud:                                   4
> Recipient could not demonstrate needs:   1
> Recipient did not accept transfer:       6
> Requests corrected as M&A transfer:     23
> No response from member:                30
> Member requested to cancel transfer:    33
>
> As far as administration of these requests is concerned, it's just part
> of hostmasters routines required by the APNIC policy.
>
>
> George
>
>
> On 18/8/17 6:48 pm, George Kuo wrote:
> > Hi Aftab,
> >
> > For 2017, the secretariat has processed 158 market transfers as of 15
> > August. So, this is roughly about 5 transfer requests a week.
> > On average, it takes about 4-5 responses from APNIC hostmasters to
> > complete a transfer request. We have a procedure to respond to a
> > correspondence within two working days.
> >
> > We are getting the rest of the answers for you. I'll come back to you as
> > soon as I have the information.
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > George
> >
> >
> > On 18/8/17 3:29 pm, Aftab Siddiqui wrote:
> >> Dear APNIC Sec,
> >>
> >> Can you share some stats:
> >>
> >> - How many transfers request denied in last 12 months?
> >> - How many requests were denied just because of bad documentation?
> >> - How many transfer request you are receiving every week?
> >> - How long does it take to process a transfer request?
> >> - Does it create any administrative burden?
> >>
> >> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 at 16:14 chku <[email protected]
> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     Dear SIG members
> >>
> >>     The proposal "prop-118: No need policy in APNIC region" was
> >> discussed at
> >>     APNIC 43 Policy SIG, but did not reach consensus.
> >>
> >>     It will be presented at the Open Policy Meeting at APNIC 44 which
> >> will
> >>     be held in Taichung, Taiwan on Wednesday and Thursday, 14 & 15
> >> September
> >>     2017.
> >>
> >>     Information about the proposal is available from:
> >>
> >>         http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals/prop-118
> >>
> >>     You are encouraged to express your views on the proposal:
> >>
> >>      - Do you support or oppose the proposal?
> >>      - Do you see any disadvantages in this proposal?
> >>      - Is there anything in the proposal that is not clear?
> >>      - What changes could be made to this proposal to make it more
> >>     effective?
> >>
> >>     Please find the text of the proposal below.
> >>
> >>     Kind Regards,
> >>
> >>     Sumon, Bertrand, Ching-Heng
> >>     APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
> >>
> >>
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     prop-118-v001: No need policy in APNIC region
> >>
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     Proposer:       David Hilario
> >>                     [email protected]
> >>     <mailto:[email protected]>
> >>
> >>
> >>     1. Problem statement
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     Whenever a transfer of IPv4 is taking place within the APNIC
> >> region, the
> >>     recipient needs to demonstrate the "need" for the IPv4 space they
> >> intend
> >>     to transfer.
> >>
> >>     Companies transferring IPv4 space to their pool do this in ordcer to
> >>     enable further growth in their network, since the space is not
> coming
> >>     from the free public pool, regular policies that are intended to
> >> protect
> >>     the limited pool of IPv4 space can be removed in transfers.
> >>
> >>
> >>     2. Objective of policy change
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     Simplify transfer of IPv4 space between resource holders.
> >>     Ease some administration on APNIC staff.
> >>
> >>
> >>     3. Situation in other regions
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     RIPE region has an all around no need policy in IPv4, even for first
> >>     allocation, transfers do not require the recipient to demonstrate
> >> their
> >>     intended use of the resources .
> >>
> >>     ARIN, need base for both transfers and resources issued by ARIN.
> >>
> >>     AFRINIC, need based policy on transfers (not active yet) and
> resource
> >>     request from AFRINIC based on needs.
> >>
> >>     LACNIC, no transfers, need based request.
> >>
> >>     Out of all these RIR, only ARIN and RIPE NCC have inter-RIR transfer
> >>     policies,  ARIN has made clear in the past that the "no need" policy
> >>     from the RIPE region would break inter-RIR transfers from ARIN to
> >> RIPE
> >>     region.
> >>
> >>
> >>     4. Proposed policy solution
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     Simply copy the RIPE policy to solve the ARIN transfer
> >> incompatibility:
> >>
> >>      - APNIC shall accept all transfers of Internet number resources
> >> to its
> >>        service region, provided that they comply with the policies
> >> relating
> >>        to transfers within its service region.
> >>
> >>      - For transfers from RIR regions that require the receiving
> >> region to
> >>        have needs-based policies, recipients must provide a plan to the
> >>        APNIC for the use of at least 50% of the transferred resources
> >> within
> >>        5 years.
> >>
> >>     source:
> >>         https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-644
> >>
> >>
> >>     5. Advantages / Disadvantages
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>     Advantages:
> >>
> >>      - Harmonisation with RIPE region.
> >>      - Makes transfer simpler and smoother within APNIC and between
> APNIC
> >>        and RIPE.
> >>      - maintains a compatibility with ARIN.
> >>      - Removes the uncertainty that a transfer may be rejected based on
> >>        potentially badly documented needs.
> >>      - Lowers the overall administrative burden on APNIC staff.
> >>
> >>     Disadvantages:
> >>
> >>     none.
> >>
> >>
> >>     6. Impact on resource holders
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>     None
> >>
> >>
> >>     7. References
> >>     -------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >> Aftab A. Siddiqui
> >>
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