From info at arin.net Wed Aug 1 17:31:03 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 17:31:03 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Board Statement on the Future of Addressing Policy Message-ID: <002a01c7d483$432067f0$528888c0@arin.net> The American Registry for Internet Numbers Board of Trustees released a statement today that assures ARIN will continue to facilitate the policy development process that defines how Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are distributed in its region, and also reaffirms that ARIN's policies do not encourage profit-driven speculation in IP addresses. The complete statement is included below and is also online at http://www.arin.net/media/200701August_Statement.pdf. On 1 August 2007, the ARIN Board of Trustees issued the following statement: Statement of ARIN's Board of Trustees regarding future Internet address policy in the ARIN region The global Internet requires numeric addresses for the routing of communications traffic. These addresses are necessarily finite in nature and have been defined in two groups. One group, called "Internet Protocol version 4," or IPv4, was defined in 1979 as a pool of approximately 4,300,000,000 addresses.(1)(2) In anticipation of the Internet growing larger than can be accommodated by the IPv4 pool, a second group, called "Internet Protocol version 6," or IPv6, was defined in 1995 as a pool of approximately 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 addresses, an address space billions upon billions of times larger.(3) In accordance with Internet governance principles, IP addresses of both versions are allocated to users by the Regional Internet Registries.(4) Because IP addresses are a finite resource, the allocation process is defined and overseen democratically and transparently by the public. The allocation process seeks to balance two goals: universal access to the Internet, and the stability of the Internet's essential communications function.(5) Because the growth of the Internet is leading to full use of the IPv4 address pool, soon the Regional Internet Registries will no longer have new, previously unassigned IPv4 addresses to allocate to users.(6) Forward-thinking users have already begun the transition to the much more plentiful IPv6 addresses in anticipation of this situation. There are, however, those who propose that the democratically established governance principles now be abandoned, to create a market in IP addresses. A market that abandons these existing, consensus-driven core values would encourage speculators to take advantage of the upcoming time of relative scarcity of IPv4 addresses to profit from less foresightful users' remaining need. The purpose of this memorandum is to assure the community that the democratic principles of Internet governance will be adhered to by ARIN, the Regional Internet Registry serving Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States.(7) The resource-allocation policy under which ARIN operates has been produced through an open, transparent, and democratic process over more than a decade. ARIN is fully dedicated to preserving universal access and stable functionality of the Internet, and our policies do not encourage profit-driven speculation in the Internet addresses. The current resource management mechanism is fully sufficient to address the upcoming shortage of IPv4 addresses, and a continuation of sober and responsible enforcement will ensure continued maximum benefit to and protection of the entire Internet community. ---- (1) Internet Engineering Note 111, Internet Protocol, August 1979, by the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute. http://www.networksorcery.com/enp/ien/ien111.txt (2) Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment number 760, DOD Standard Internet Protocol, January 1980, by the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0760.txt (3) Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment number 1883, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification, December 1995, by Steve Deering and Robert Hinden. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1883.txt (4) Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment number 2050, Internet Registry IP Allocation Guidelines, November 1996, by Kim Hubbard, Mark Kosters, David Conrad, Daniel Karrenberg, and Jon Postel. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2050.txt (5) Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment number 2008, Implications of Various Address Allocation Policies for Internet Routing, October 1996, by Yakov Rekhter and Tony Li. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2008.txt (6) IPv4 Address Report, updated daily, by Geoff Huston. http://www.potaroo.net/tools/ipv4/index.html (7) The countries and territories of ARIN's service region are named at http://www.arin.net/community/ARINcountries.html Regards, Raymond A. Plzak President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Aug 6 10:51:44 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:51:44 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Outcome of Community Consultation: ARIN WHOIS Directory Services Message-ID: <46B73580.9090904@arin.net> The result of Suggestion 2007.15, sent through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process and asking for ARIN WHOIS to accept CIDR style queries, was an ARIN community consultation on enhancements to this directory service. The archive of the consultation mailing list discussion is available at: http://www.arin.net/acsp/community_consult/23-07-2007_WhoisDirectoryService.html We thank those who provided valuable feedback during this consultation. This feedback will be used to develop the WHOIS improvement project. We anticipate beginning work on this project in the 1st quarter of 2008. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From susanh at arin.net Thu Aug 9 07:48:42 2007 From: susanh at arin.net (Susan Hamlin) Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:48:42 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Nominations: ARIN Board, ARIN AC, and NRO NC Message-ID: <46BAFF1A.7010806@arin.net> ARIN is currently seeking nominations for the following positions as originally announced on 23 July: * Two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees * Five (5) seats on the ARIN Advisory Council * One (1) seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council Board of Trustees and Advisory Council: You must be a Trustee or ARIN General Member in good standing to make nominations for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council. However, those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Self-nominations are permitted. A petition process is available to nonmembers seeking to nominate themselves for the Board of Trustees. NRO Number Council: Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominators are not required to be ARIN General Members in good standing. All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts Please take the time to nominate qualified candidates for these positions. The call for nominations closes at 17:00 ET on Wednesday, 22 August 2007. The nomination form is available through ARIN?s online Election Headquarters at: https://app.arin.net/election/ Now is also a good time for ARIN member organizations to check with Member Services to ensure they have a designated member representative (DMR) eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Direct any questions concerning this process to Member Services at info at arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Aug 21 08:40:32 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:40:32 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Last Call for ARIN Board, AC, and NRO NC Nominations Message-ID: <46CADD40.6090509@arin.net> You have until 17:00 ET tomorrow, 22 August to submit nominations for the ARIN Board of Trustees (2 open seats) and Advisory Council (5 open seats). This is also your last chance to nominate candidates for the one (1) open Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council seat. This is your opportunity to have an impact on ARIN's policy-making process. Nomination forms and election information are available through ARIN Election Headquarters at: https://app.arin.net/election/ All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts The initial slate of candidates will be posted online on 13 September 2007. Online voting for the Board and Advisory Council will begin during the ARIN XX Public Policy and Members Meetings in October. Online voting for the NRO NC representative will be available 10-17 October 2007. Please contact Member Services at info at arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Aug 21 11:38:12 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:38:12 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process: Response Deadline Added Message-ID: <46CB06E4.7070707@arin.net> The ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process(ACSP) outlines the process by which the ARIN Board and Executive may ask for comments on specific issues relating to ARIN services and practices, as well as providing a mechanism for the community to make suggestions regarding existing or potential services and practices at ARIN. Based on almost one year of implementation experience and recent discussion on the arin-discuss mailing list, the ARIN Board of Trustees approved a staff recommended revision to the ACSP document at its July meeting. A ten business day deadline for the President to evaluate each suggestion and respond to the submitter was added. The response will state either the action to be taken or the date to expect the statement of action. This document change is noted in the ACSP change log. The ACSP document and change log are available at http://www.arin.net/acsp/. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Wed Aug 22 13:26:22 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:26:22 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] NRPM version 2007.2 - New Policy Implementation Message-ID: <46CC71BE.2060706@arin.net> On 14 June 2007, the ARIN Board of Trustees, based on the recommendations of the Advisory Council and noting that the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process had been followed, adopted the following policy proposal: 2007-11: Refinement of ISP Initial Allocation Policy 2007-9: Modernization of ISP Immediate Need Policy 2007-8: Transfer Policy Clarifications 2007-7: Creation of Policy for Subsequent End-User IP Requests/Assignments 2007-4: Changes to IPv6 policy - removal of "interim" consideration These policy proposals, as well as 2005-3: Lame Delegations, have been incorporated into version 2007.2 of the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) which is effective 22 August 2007. NRPM version 2007.2 supersedes previous versions. See Appendix A of the NRPM for information regarding changes to the manual. The guidelines for lame delegations have been updated and can be found at: http://www.arin.net/reference/lame_delegations.html The NRPM can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html Appendix A can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm_changelog.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Aug 27 17:41:27 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:41:27 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Nominations Extended: ARIN Advisory Council & NRO Number Council Message-ID: <46D34507.5020707@arin.net> ARIN is extending the nomination period for the 2007 Advisory Council election. In accordance with ARIN's Bylaws, the number of qualified Candidates shall exceed the number of Advisory Council members to be elected. The number of nominations made during the initial nomination period, open 23 July - 22 August, was not enough to meet this requirement. ARIN is also extending the nomination period for the 2007 Number Resource Organization Number Council elections. The ARIN Election Guidelines state the number of candidates must exceed the number of NRO NC members to be elected. The number of nominees accepting the nomination was not enough to meet this requirement. The nomination period is extended until 17:00 ET on Wednesday, 29 August 2007. Visit ARIN Election Headquarters to fill out the nomination form. https://app.arin.net/election/ Advisory Council: Trustees and ARIN General Members in good standing are eligible to make up to three nominations for each of the five (5) Advisory Council seats that become open when current terms expire on 31 December 2007. Those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Self-nominations from General Members in good standing are permitted. NRO Number Council: Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominators are not required to be ARIN General Members in good standing. All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts ARIN will contact all nominees via e-mail and/or telephone to verify that they are willing and able to fulfill a three-year term. If ARIN cannot reach the nominee, the nomination will be rejected. Please direct any questions to Member Services at info at arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Wed Aug 29 07:38:50 2007 From: info at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:38:50 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Extended ARIN AC and NRO NC Nomination Period Closes Today Message-ID: <46D55ACA.2080609@arin.net> You have until 17:00 ET today, 29 August to submit nominations for the ARIN Advisory Council and Number Resource Organization Number Council elections. You must be a Trustee or ARIN General Member in good standing to make nominations for the Advisory Council. However, those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Self-nominations are permitted. Any individual, regardless of ARIN membership status, may self-nominate or nominate one or more candidates for any open NRO NC position. Those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Nomination forms and election information are available through ARIN Election Headquarters at: https://app.arin.net/election/ All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts Again, the nomination period extension for the Advisory Council and NRO Number Council closes today at 17:00 ET. Please take the time to nominate qualified candidates for these positions. Contact Member Services at info at arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)