From info at arin.net Tue Sep 6 11:02:29 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:02:29 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Register Now for ARIN on the Road Montreal Message-ID: <4E663605.6060907@arin.net> What are you doing next Tuesday? Why not join the American Registry for Internet Numbers in Quebec for ARIN on the Road Montreal? Spend the day at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure networking and learning everything you didn?t know about ARIN. This event is only one week away on 13 September 2011, so register now at: https://www.arin.net/montreal/ At ARIN on the Road Montreal you will learn how to interact with ARIN's online services and get an opportunity to ask the questions you want answered. We?ll give you the latest information on ARIN?s technical services, the status of IPv6 adoption, current ARIN policy developments, and updates about ARIN and the RIR system. If you have questions about requesting and managing Internet number resources you?ll have a chance to speak one-on-one with an ARIN analyst during an optional Ask ARIN session. In addition, we?ll give you a free lunch and enter you into a drawing to win an iPod Touch if you complete a brief survey about the event. The Internet is changing, so don?t miss your opportunity to get behind the wheel and learn how you can help steer the future. If you have friends or colleagues whom you think may want to learn more about how ARIN operates and interacts with the Internet community, please extend this invitation to them as well. If you have any questions, contact us at info at arin.net. See you in Montreal! Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 6 14:08:04 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:08:04 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Initial Slate of Candidates Announced for ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council Message-ID: <4E666184.50009@arin.net> Elections for two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 12-22 October. The following candidates have agreed to run for office: Board of Trustees: * Rudolf Daniel, Independent Consultant Technologist * Timothy Denton, CRTC * Aaron Hughes, 6connect * Jack Waters, Level 3 Communications * Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House Advisory Council: * Dan Alexander, Comcast * Kevin Blumberg, The Wire Inc. * Randy Carpenter, First Network Group, Inc. * Marc Crandall, Google * Bill Darte, Washington University * Kate do Forno, Teksavvy Solutions Inc. * Robert Duncan, Merit Network * David Farmer, University of Minnesota * Joel Large, GLW Broadband * John Sweeting, Time Warner Cable * Randy Whitney, Verizon Business Many of the candidates will address the membership on 12 October at ARIN's Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia. These speeches, brief biographies and a form to voice support for candidates can be found online at ARIN Election Headquarters: https://www.arin.net/app/election/ Designated member representatives (DMRs) from ARIN's General Members in good standing (https://www.arin.net/participate/membership/member.html) as of 1 January 2011 will be asked to vote for two (2) candidates in the Board election and five (5) candidates in the Advisory Council election. ARIN requires that a name and personalized email address be on record for the DMR; role accounts are not acceptable. Voter eligibility must be established at least 14 calendar days prior to the fourth quarter ARIN Members Meeting. Member organizations that are not in good standing or do not have a valid DMR on file as of 27 September 2011 will not be eligible to vote. Please contact ARIN's Communications and Member Services Department at info at arin.net to ensure you have a properly registered DMR. Contact collectionisp at arin.net if you have any questions about your organization's billing status. Congratulations and good luck to all of the candidates. ARIN appreciates your willingness to take an active role in guiding the organization. Warm regards, John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 6 14:09:38 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:09:38 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] NRO NC Candidate Announced for the ARIN Region Message-ID: <4E6661E2.20904@arin.net> The following individual has confirmed his intent to seek a seat on the NRO Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region. The seat is a three-year term beginning 1 January, 2012. * Ron da Silva, Time Warner Cable Candidate biographies, responses to timely questions and a form for submitting statements of support can be found on the ARIN website at: https://www.arin.net/app/election/ This year, in accordance with the Number Resource Organization's Memorandum of Understanding (NRO MoU), the ARIN Board of Trustees will appoint the NRO NC seat. The appointment of the NRO NC representative will be announced on Thursday, October 13 during the ARIN XXVIII Public Policy Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Regards, John Curran President & CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers From info at arin.net Tue Sep 6 14:10:48 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:10:48 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Petitions: ARIN Board and Advisory Council Message-ID: <4E666228.6000007@arin.net> With the announcement of the initial slate of candidates, ARIN opens a call for nominations to the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council through a petition process. In accordance with Article VIII, Section 2.b. of the ARIN Bylaws, any individual, regardless of membership status, may petition to be placed on the ballot for election to the Board of Trustees or Advisory Council by successfully completing the ARIN petition process. Petition requests must be received by Tuesday 13 September 2011. To be considered a candidate, each petitioner must obtain the support of at least 77 designated member representatives from General Members in good standing. Petition support must be received by Tuesday, 27 September 2011. You can read more about the petition process for the Board of Trustees at: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/board.html#botpetition and for the Advisory Council at: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/ac.html#petp If you are interested in submitting a petition to run for the ARIN Board of Trustees or Advisory Council, please complete the petition form available through ARIN Election Headquarters at: https://www.arin.net/app/election/ ARIN will announce the final slate of candidates for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council on Friday, 30 September. ARIN General Members in good standing will be asked to vote for two (2) candidates in the Board election and five (5) in the Advisory Council election, held online 12-22 October. Warm regards, John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 6 18:02:46 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:02:46 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] =?iso-8859-1?q?Consultation_=AD_Publication_of_Tr?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ansferred_Prefixes?= Message-ID: <4E669886.6080903@arin.net> This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish List of 8.3 Transfers: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. ARIN is seeking community input regarding whether ARIN should maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the NRPM. Please refer to the Number Resource Policy Manual for more information on that policy at: https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3. This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix was transferred. Additionally, this suggestion has asked that as soon as possible following implementation, ARIN include in this list, all prefixes which have been previously transferred under section 8.3 to date. ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this informational service to the community as there has been related discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input. Comments regarding this proposed suggestion can be submitted through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. Please submit your feedback to the arin-consult at arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net will close on 30 September 2011, at noon EDT. ARIN welcomes community-wide participation. Please address any process questions to info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers From info at arin.net Wed Sep 7 12:00:10 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:10 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Calling All ARIN Online Users Message-ID: <4E67950A.6090908@arin.net> At the upcoming ARIN Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, we will be hosting a special session ? the ARIN Online Users Forum. In preparation for this event, we are inviting all ARIN Online users to share their feedback by completing a brief survey. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DPTR3G6 ARIN has been incrementally adding functionality to ARIN Online so that individuals and organizations can manage all their ARIN records, requests, and correspondence online. This survey is an opportunity for you to share your experiences and ideas for improvements and additional services that would make your experience better. ARIN will share the results of this survey with ARIN Online User forum attendees, the ARIN community, and will use them to help shape the future of ARIN Online. In addition to completing the survey, we hope you will also join us in person or online for the ARIN Online Users Forum. For more details, visit: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXVIII/premeeting.html#users Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Wed Sep 7 14:00:46 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:46 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Counting Down to ARIN XXVIII Message-ID: <4E67B14E.6010507@arin.net> The ARIN XXVIII Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia is approaching quickly. Come be a part of the community in action on 12-14 October in the City of Brotherly Love. Make sure your voice is heard! Register today to take advantage of the early registration fee of $100 (USD) before it increases to $150 (USD) on 24 September. For ARIN members in good standing, two representatives may attend for free. The meeting will take place at the Loews Philadelphia. Based on availability, ARIN XXVIII attendees are eligible for a special room rate of $229 (USD) if reservations are made before 24 September. Due to the anticipated high attendance for ARIN XXVIII, we encourage all attendees to book their rooms early. More information is available at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/hotel.html In addition to the Public Policy and Members Meeting, there will be some lively pre-meeting events. Don?t miss our ARIN Online Users Forum where fellow ARIN Online users and ARIN staff will discuss the current system and future plans. Also plan to join us on Sunday 9 October for the Comcast Social open to all ARIN and NANOG meeting attendees. Everything you need to know, including meeting registration, hotel and travel information, and an agenda overview are available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXVIII/ As always, please contact Communications and Member Services at info at arin.net with any questions. We look forward to seeing you in Philly! Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Sep 12 12:20:55 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:20:55 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XXVIII Fellowship Recipients Message-ID: <4E6E3167.8080709@arin.net> ARIN is pleased to announce the recipients of its ARIN Meeting Fellowship Program for ARIN XXVIII in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After reviewing the slate of applicants, the following have been selected as your ARIN XXVIII Fellows from the ARIN region: Canada: Kerry Brown, KDB Systems USA: Brigette Teets, State of Idaho Caribbean: Niel Harper, CIBC First Caribbean These Fellows will receive the following benefits: Free meeting registration Round-trip airfare to the meeting Hotel accommodations at the venue hotel A stipend to cover meals and incidental travel expenses Please join us in welcoming Kerry, Brigette, and Niel at their first ARIN Meeting! ARIN XXVIII will be held in Philadelphia, 12-14 October 2011 and you can learn more at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXVIII/index.html The call for Fellowship applications for ARIN XXIX in Vancouver, British Columbia will be open between 23 January and 2 March 2012. If you or someone you know is interested, you can learn more about the ARIN Meetings Fellowship Program at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/fellowship.html Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Sep 15 16:00:26 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:26 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] View Draft Agenda and Register Now for ARIN XXVIII Message-ID: <4E72595A.9040409@arin.net> If you haven?t registered for ARIN XXVIII yet, don?t wait any longer. ARIN XXVIII will be held 12-14 October in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Loews Philadelphia. Register for the meeting today at https://www.arin.net/app/meeting/registration/. The meeting will feature discussions of eight draft policies and many other updates from within and outside the ARIN region. The complete draft agenda is now available at: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/agenda.html. The draft policies on the docket for discussion at ARIN XXVIII are as follows: ARIN-2011-8: Combined M&A and Specified Transfers ARIN-2011-7: Compliance Requirement ARIN-2011-10: Remove Single Aggregate requirement from Specified Transfer ARIN-2011-11: Clarify Justified Need for Transfers ARIN-2011-12: Set Transfer Need to 24 months ARIN-2011-13: IPv4 Number Resources for Use Within Region ARIN-2011-1: Globally Coordinated Transfer Policy ARIN-2011-9 (Global Proposal): Global Policy for post exhaustion IPv4 allocation mechanisms by the IANA When you register, we strongly recommend that you book your room to take advantage of the room block rate of $229 (USD) by referring to the information included at https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/ARIN-XXVIII/hotel.html. This special rate expires on 23 September. If you can?t be with us in Philadelphia, we are offering multiple remote participation options starting with Tuesday?s premeeting events and continuing throughout the Public Policy and Members Meeting. In addition to an audio and video webcast, ARIN will offer a live transcript and Jabber chat to submit questions and comments and to vote in straw polls. Get all the details and register as a remote participant at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/remote.html Please contact us at info at arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Sep 19 14:00:10 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:10 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Change to Whois Query Behavior Message-ID: <4E77832A.6090907@arin.net> ARIN announces a pending change to Whois query behavior on port 43. Prior to 25 June 2011, a query for an IP address in the ARIN region would return with that assignment/allocation within the ARIN region, and a query in the ARIN region for an IP address with no assignment/allocation would result in a ?no match? response. On 25 June, a change was misapplied. The intent of this change was to return ARIN?s /8 for IP queries within ARIN?s region for which there is no assignment/allocation, a behavior meant to align ARIN?s Whois output with that of the other RIRs. However, this change introduced an unintended behavior of returning ARIN?s /8, in addition to the desired results, in responses where IP addresses had been assigned or allocated. This change in behavior has created some confusion. On 2 October, ARIN will reinstate the previous behavior for Whois IP queries so that results are returned the way they were before 25 June. ARIN has provided two examples of a Whois query for reference: * Query with ARIN's /8 returned in the result set hierarchy: https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110919.html#example1 * Query without ARIN's /8 returned in the result set: https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20110919.html#example2 Whois-RWS behavior will not change as it was not affected by the configuration change made on 25 June. We apologize for any confusion this has caused. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technical Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 20 14:51:43 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:51:43 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Survey Participation: Review of ICANN Address, Supporting Organization (ASO) Message-ID: <4E78E0BF.7070107@arin.net> The consultancy firm ITEMS International is conducting an organizational review of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO). The aim of the survey is to assess how well the ASO has been performing within the ICANN system and to determine whether any change in its structure or operations is desirable to improve its effectiveness. As part of this review, ITEMS is conducting a global survey that is primarily targeted at the five Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities. We strongly encourage you to take part in this online survey. It consists mainly of multiple-choice questions and should take less than 5 minutes to complete The survey is available until 30 September at: http://www.items.fr/aso.php Information about the 15-member ASO, comprised of three representatives from each RIR region, is available at: http://aso.icann.org/internet-community/what-is-the-aso/ This is a rare opportunity to express your views in strict confidence regarding this critical component of the ICANN system, and ITEMS encourages your participation. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Wed Sep 21 13:55:38 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:55:38 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Cast Statements of Support for Board, AC, and NRO NC Candidates Message-ID: <4E7A251A.7050805@arin.net> The elections season is underway! You may now review candidate bios as well as read and cast statements of support online at ARIN Election Headquarters: https://www.arin.net/app/election/ The 2011 ARIN Elections currently have 11 candidates for the Advisory Council, five candidates for the Board of Trustees, and one candidate for the NRO NC. These candidates need your support that you can give by casting a statement for them. Casting a statement of support is easy and only takes a few minutes of your time by clicking on the link above, "Statement of Support", the candidates name, and then "Post a Statement of Support". You have until 5:00 PM EDT on Saturday, 22 October to cast a statement of support. The sooner you do, the more visibility it will receive. Note that statements of support are held for moderation and will be posted, upon approval, within one business day but usually sooner. Also note that Member organizations that are not in good standing or do not have a valid DMR on file as of 27 September 2011 will not be eligible to vote. Please contact ARIN's Communications and Member Services Department at info at arin.net to ensure you have a properly registered DMR. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at arin.net Thu Sep 22 11:02:45 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:02:45 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Online Survey and Community Consultation Reminder Message-ID: <4E7B4E15.7050003@arin.net> Community input is important to ARIN. Currently we are seeking feedback about ARIN Online via a survey and about the publication of transferred prefixes via a Community Consultation. First, we invite you to share your ARIN Online experiences and ideas for improvements by completing a brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DPTR3G6. Your answers will be used to help shape the future of ARIN Online. ARIN will share the results of this survey with ARIN Online User forum attendees at our ARIN XXVIII Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia. Whether joining us remotely or in person, please plan to participate in this forum on 11 October from 6:00 - 7:00 PM ET. The survey results will be incorporated into a discussion of the current system and future plans with fellow ARIN Online users and ARIN staff. For more information, visit: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/premeeting.html#users Second, we invite you to share your input regarding whether ARIN should maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the NRPM. This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix was transferred. Please submit your comments regarding this proposed suggestion to arin-consult at arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. Feedback must follow the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net will close on 30 September 2011, at noon EDT. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important to us. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Sep 22 12:34:13 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:34:13 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Maintenance Work Scheduled for Saturday, 24 September Message-ID: <4E7B6385.10705@arin.net> On Saturday, 24 September 2011 ARIN will be conducting maintenance to deploy new functionality in ARIN Online and the RESTful Provisioning system. The work will take place from 7:00 AM until approximately 4:00 PM EDT. ARIN users will experience interruption of three external services while this maintenance is performed. For the duration, you will not be able to log in to your ARIN Online account. Any mail sent to Registration Services will be queued and not immediately acknowledged. Additionally, transactions submitted via ARIN?s RESTful Provisioning service will be rejected with an outage error. Once the systems are back online, you will regain use of your ARIN Online account and queued mail will be processed. You will need to resubmit any RESTful calls sent during the outage so they can be processed. All other publicly available services (Whois, IRR, etc.) will be available but may have degraded service during this outage. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technical Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Sep 22 15:05:02 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:05:02 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Last Day to Lock in Special Hotel Room Rate for ARIN XXVIII Message-ID: <4E7B86DE.5050501@arin.net> There is still time to register for ARIN XXVIII, which will be held 12-14 October in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We have a great meeting planned, including policy discussions, ARIN Advisory Council and Board candidate speeches, and much more. View the full agenda at https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/agenda.html. If you plan to join us in Philly, don't miss your chance to book your room at the special rate of $229 (USD) for ARIN XXVIII at the Loews Philadelphia before it expires tomorrow, 23 September. For more information visit: https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/hotel.html. Register for the meeting today at https://www.arin.net/app/meeting/registration/. Please contact us at info at arin.net if you have any questions. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at arin.net Mon Sep 26 09:17:48 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:17:48 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] New ARIN Online and RESTful Provisioning Features Released Message-ID: <4E807B7C.7090601@arin.net> ARIN is pleased to announce the release of a number of features and improvements to ARIN Online and the RESTful Provisioning System. We have implemented Policy 2010-14, which requires all Organization records to include an Abuse POC. We have updated ARIN Online forms, RESTful Provisioning and templates. To support this new requirement, ARIN performed a data conversion on existing Organizations without an Abuse POC, making the existing Tech POC the Abuse POC. We recommend that all account holders verify their Organization data and make any necessary updates. Users with billing authorization, Admin and Tech POCs and DMRs will now receive reminders for unpaid annual renewal and maintenance invoices in their Message Center. These reminders will also be emailed to the Billing Contact email address on file with ARIN, as well as to the Admin, Tech, and DMR POCs for the organization. In response to ACSP 2011.11, we have also added the capability for users to search for an IP address or AS number using the Search action within the Manage Resources tab. The search will only return resources the user has permission to view; this functionality is not an alternative to Whois. Lastly, we have made improvements to the RESTful Provisioning POC and Ticket services. Users can now link their ARIN Online Web account to a POC when calling the POC Create service. The new Ticket Summary service methods allow users to get single or multiple ticket summaries, without additional messaging and attachments. Please refer to the user documentation for full details. Links to the API documentation for methods and payloads is available for download or may be viewed online here: https://www.arin.net/resources/restful-interfaces.html We have created a chart to help you visualize which actions can be performed via ARIN Online and RESTful Provisioning. The guide, Interacting with ARIN, is available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/interacting.html Log in today and check out these enhancements, or create your ARIN Online account at: https://www.arin.net Please send any questions, comments, or issues to: hostmaster at arin.net. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technical Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 27 12:20:18 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:20:18 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Consultation on Publication of Transferred Prefixes Closes 30 September Message-ID: <4E81F7C2.3030201@arin.net> ARIN will be closing the ACSP Consultation: Publication of Transferred Prefixes on 30 September at noon EDT. There is still time to share your input regarding on whether ARIN should maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the NRPM. The original ACSP Suggestion asked that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix was transferred. ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this informational service to the community as there has been related discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input. Please submit your comments regarding this proposed suggestion to arin-consult at arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. Feedback must follow the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net will close on 30 September 2011, at noon EDT. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important to us. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 27 13:52:21 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:52:21 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] =?windows-1252?q?NRPM_2011=2E4_=96_New_Policies_I?= =?windows-1252?q?mplemented?= Message-ID: <4E820D55.6080201@arin.net> A new version of the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) has been published to the ARIN website. NRPM version 2011.4 is effective 27 September 2011 and supersedes the previous version. NRPM 2011.4 contains the implementation of the following policies: ARIN-2010-14: Standardize IP Reassignment Registration Requirements ARIN-2011-3: Better IPv6 Allocations for ISPs In July we reported that 2011-3 would be implemented no later than 15 February 2012, however, implementation work on this was started sooner than expected. As a result, we are happy to report that ARIN will now be able to accept requests under policy 2011-3 for IPv6 allocations ranging from /36 to /24. ARIN will continue working on the final stages of this implementation to enable allocations larger than /24, and expect it to be completed no later than 15 February 2012 as originally planned. 2010-14 was adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees on 15 February 2011. 2011-3 was adopted on 10 June 2011. Board minutes are available at: https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot/index.html The NRPM is available at: https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html Draft policies and proposals are available at: https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/ The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Sep 27 15:14:04 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:14:04 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] IRR Maintenance Work Scheduled for Thursday, 29 September Message-ID: <4E82207C.3080808@arin.net> On Thursday, 29 September 2011 ARIN will be conducting maintenance to deploy new functionality in ARIN's Internet Routing Registry (IRR). The work will take place from 1:00 PM until approximately 4:00 PM EDT. Any mail sent to the IRR system will be queued and not immediately acknowledged. ARIN's IRR Whois interface will continue to work without interruption. Once the IRR system is back online, the queued mail will be processed and updates will be reflected in ARIN's IRR Whois service. All other publicly available services (Whois, ARIN Online, etc.) will be available during this outage. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technical Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at arin.net Thu Sep 29 19:26:17 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:26:17 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] IRR Upgrade Completed Message-ID: <4E84FE99.7030700@arin.net> On 29 September 2011, ARIN updated its Internet Routing Registry System (IRR) to support PGP and MD5 authentication, as well as notification fields, as suggested in ACSP 2011.1 and 2011.2. Supported Authentication Methods * PGP is a strong form of authentication. The authentication information is a signature identity pointing to a public key certificate, which is stored in a separate key-cert object. * MD5 is based on the MD5 hash algorithm and provides stronger authentication than CRYPT-PW. The authentication information stored in the database is a passphrase encrypted using md5-crypt algorithm. This scheme is quite stable against dictionary attacks. However, since the encrypted form is exposed it cannot be considered as a strong form of authentication. * ARIN's IRR continues to support MAIL-FROM authentication, though cautions that this is the weakest form of authentication. Regular expressions are no longer supported and your email address must match what is registered. Notification Attributes * notify: The "notify:" attribute is an option in most object types. A notification is sent to the email addresses specified when the object is successfully updated. * mnt-nfy: The "mnt-nfy:" attribute is optional and can only be included in mntner objects. When a maintained object is updated successfully a notification message will be sent to email addresses contained in the "mnt-nfy:" attributes of the mntner objects. * upd-to: The "upd-to:" attributes is mandatory and can only be included in mntner objects. When an update to a maintained object fails the authentication, the notifications are sent to all the email addresses contained in the "upd-to:" attributes. The ARIN Routing Registry is a database containing routing policy information for network operators within the ARIN service region. ARIN's routing registry improves the ability of network operators to configure and manage their networks. Detailed information and documentation for the IRR is available at: https://www.arin.net/resources/routing/index.html Please send any questions, comments, or issues to: hostmaster at arin.net. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technical Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Sep 30 12:09:48 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:09:48 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Final Slate of Candidates Announced for ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council Message-ID: <4E85E9CC.7020902@arin.net> Elections for two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 12-22 October. The final slate of candidates is: Board of Trustees: * Rudolph Daniel, Independent Consultant Technologist * Timothy Denton, CRTC * Aaron Hughes, 6connect * Jack Waters, Level 3 Communications * Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House Advisory Council: * Dan Alexander, Comcast * Kevin Blumberg, The Wire Inc. * Randy Carpenter, First Network Group, Inc. * Marc Crandall, Google * Bill Darte, Washington University * Kate do Forno, Teksavvy Solutions Inc. * Robert Duncan, Merit Network * David Farmer, University of Minnesota * Joel Large, GLW Broadband * John Sweeting, Time Warner Cable * Randy Whitney, Verizon Business Candidate questionnaire responses and statements of support and a form to voice support can be found at ARIN Election Headquarters: https://www.arin.net/app/election/ Many of the candidates will address the membership on 12 October at ARIN's Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia. You can watch remotely (https://www.arin.net/ARIN-XXVIII/remote.html) or look for the webcast archive at Election Headquarters by 14 October. Designated member representatives (DMRs) from ARIN's General Members in good standing (https://www.arin.net/participate/membership/member.html) as of 1 January 2011 will be asked to vote for two (2) candidates in the Board election and five (5) candidates in the Advisory Council election. ARIN requires that a name and personalized email address be on record for the DMR; role accounts are not acceptable. Voter eligibility must be established at least 14 calendar days prior to the fourth quarter ARIN Members Meeting. Member organizations that were not in good standing or did not have a valid DMR on file as of 27 September 2011 will not be eligible to vote. Congratulations and good luck to all of the candidates. ARIN appreciates your willingness to take an active role in guiding the organization. Regards, John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Sep 30 13:55:00 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:55:00 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process Message-ID: <4E860274.8050401@arin.net> ARIN has opened a consultation on the Consultations mailing list regarding the Revised Policy Development Process (PDP). Please provide comments toarin-consult at arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at:http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. Discussion onarin-consult at arin.net will close on 28 October 2011. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:43:26 -0400 From: ARIN To: arin-consult at arin.net ARIN is consulting with the community with regards to the attached Revised Policy Development Process (PDP) for policy development in the ARIN region. This revision to the PDP includes extensive restructuring of the material for improved readability, and as such the use of change marking is not possible. Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include: - Improved definition of the scope of the PDP process - Clarified principles for good number resource policy - Clarified Board criteria for ratification of developed policies - Have added a role for the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) to performing an initial review of each new policy proposal to confirm that it is in scope of the PDP - Have changed the process so all in-scope policy proposals become draft policies upon successful initial review - Have defined a single first-in/first-out flow control for AC Chair to allow deferral of all incoming proposals if AC docket is overloaded - Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any policy action taken - Provides for the AC to select the set of draft policies which are to be presented in detail for discussion at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) - Excludes ARIN Staff& Board from initiating or supporting petitions - One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually select the presenter of the draft policy at PPM There are three documents: Part 1 is the goals of the PDP, Part 2 is the PDP itself, and Part 3 is the PDP Petition Process. Please provide comments toarin-consult at arin.net. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. Discussion onarin-consult at arin.net will close on 28 October 2011. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## PART ONE ? ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOALS 1. Purpose This document describes the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP). The ARIN PDP is the process by which policies for the management of Internet number resources in the ARIN region are developed by the community. These Internet number resource policies are developed in an open and transparent manner that allows anyone to participate in the process. The PDP is designed to bring forth clear, technically sound and useful policies for ARIN to use in the management and administration of Internet number resources. To accomplish this goal, the PDP charges the community-elected ARIN Advisory Council (AC) as the primary policy development body with appropriate checks and balances on its performance in that role. Part I of this document provides the underlying goals for the Policy Development Process (including its purpose, scope, principles, and criteria for policy changes) and Part II details the specific Policy Development Process used for development of changes to Internet number resource policy. Part III details the processes for petitioning specific aspects of the Policy Development Process. 2. Definitions Internet Number Resources Internet number resources consist of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address space, and Autonomous System (AS) numbers. Policy Proposal An idea for a policy that is submitted to the policy development process. ARIN staff work with idea proposers to insure clarity of the policy proposals, and the ARIN Advisory Council confirms the policy proposal is in scope (per Section 3) of the Policy Development Process. Draft Policy A policy proposal that is under active consideration by the Advisory Council. A draft policy results from a policy proposal being accepted by the Advisory Council for further development. The Advisory Council accepts additional policy proposals when the AC Chair determines that the Advisory Council has sufficient available resources to undertake additional development work. Recommended Draft Policy A draft policy that has been recommended for adoption by the Advisory Council. Policies are recommended for adoption once the Advisory Council determines the draft policy meets ARIN?s Principles of Internet number resource policy as specified in Section 4. Adopted Policy A policy that has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Adopted policies are incorporated into the Network Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) The ARIN public mailing list for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Public Policy Meeting (PPM) ARIN meetings open to the public for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Petition An action initiated by any member of the community (including a proposal originator) if they are dissatisfied with the action taken by the Advisory Council regarding a specific policy proposal or draft policy. 3. Scope of Internet Number Resource Policies 3.1. Policies, not Processes, Fees, or Services Internet number resource policies developed through the PDP describe the policies and guidelines to be followed in number resource management, not the procedures that ARIN staff will use to implement the policies. ARIN staff develops appropriate procedures to implement policies after they are adopted. Internet number resource policies are also distinctly separate from ARIN general business practices. ARIN's general business processes, fees, and services are not within the purview of the Policy Development Process, and policies developed through the PDP cannot define or establish ARIN fees or service offerings. All matters concerning fees and service offerings are part of the fiduciary responsibility of the Board of Trustees. Note that the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ARIN ACSP) may be used to propose changes in non-policy areas. 3.2. Relevant and applicable within the ARIN region Policies developed through the PDP are community self-regulatory statements that govern ARIN?s actions in the management of Internet number resources. Policy statements must be applicable to some portion of the community or number resources managed within the ARIN region, and proposals to change policy must address a clearly defined and existing problem with number resource policy in the region. Note that the policy development process for global policies follows a similar process within each RIR region with the additional process of ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The global policy development process is separately documented and facilitated by the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). 4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy Internet Number resource policy recommended for adoption must satisfy three important principles, specifically: 1) enabling fair and Impartial number resource administration, 2) technically sound (providing for uniqueness and usability of number resources), and 3) supported by the community. 4.1. Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration Internet number resources must be managed with appropriate stewardship and care. Internet number resource policy must conserve resources and provide for fair and impartial distribution of resources according to unambiguous processes and criteria. All policy statements must be clear, complete, and concise, and any criteria that are defined in policy must be simple and obtainable. Policies must be unambiguous and not subject to varying degrees of interpretation. 4.2. Technically Sound Policies for Internet number resources management must be evaluated for soundness against three overarching technical requirements: conservation, aggregation and registration. More specifically, policies for managing Internet number resources must: ? Support both conservation and efficient utilization of Internet number resources to the extent feasible. Policy should maximize number resource availability while respecting the significant cost to the Internet community resulting from number resource depletion. ? Support the aggregation of Internet number resources in a hierarchical manner to the extent feasible. Policy should permit the routing scalability that is necessary for continued Internet growth. (Note that neither ARIN, nor its policies, can guarantee routability of any particular Internet number resource as that is dependent on the actions of the individual Internet operators.) ? Support the unique registration of Internet number resources. Policy should prevent to the extent feasible any duplicate use of Internet number resources that would disrupt Internet communications. The ARIN AC considers these requirements in assessing changes to policy and only recommends those policies that achieve a technically sound balance of these requirements. The ARIN AC documents its technical assessment for consideration by the community. 4.3. Supported by the Community Changes to policy must be shown to have a strong level of support in the community in order to be adopted. The determination of support is most commonly done after discussion of the draft policy at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) or via online poll after discussion on the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML). A strong level of community support for a policy change does not mean unanimous; it may be supported by only a subset of the community, as long as the policy change enjoys substantially more support than opposition in the community active in the discussion. Furthermore, any specific concerns expressed by a significant portion of the community must have been explicitly considered by the ARIN AC in their assessment of the policy change. 5. ARIN Board Criteria for Policy Changes In order to maintain fidelity to the duty performed by ARIN on behalf of the Internet community, changes to Internet resource numbering policy must meet two specific criteria before being adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees: 1) in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission, and 2) developed via open and transparent processes 5.1. In Compliance with Law and ARIN?s Mission Policies developed through the PDP must advance ARIN?s mission, not create unreasonable fiduciary or liability risk, and must be consistent with ARIN's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all applicable laws and regulations. 5.2. Developed by Open& Transparent Processes Changes to policy must be developed via open and transparent processes that provide for participation by all. Policies must be considered be in open, publicly accessible forum as part of the adoption process. Policy discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List (PPML) and in the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). There are no qualifications for participation other than following the specified rules of decorum necessary for constructive discussion. Anyone interesting in participating in the process may subscribe to the PPML and anyone interested may attend a PPM in person or via remote participation methods. All aspects of the PDP are documented and publicly available via the ARIN website. The PPML is archived. The proceedings of each PPM are published. All policies are documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). All draft policies are cross referenced to the original policy proposal, the archives of the PPML, all related PPM proceedings, and the minutes of the appropriate Advisory Council and the ARIN Board of Trustees meetings. The procedures that are developed to implement the policy are documented, publicly available, and followed by the ARIN staff. PART TWO ? THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS This section provides the details of the ARIN Policy Development Process. All references to ?days? are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. The Policy Proposal Policy proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development process by anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN Board of Trustees or the ARIN staff. Policy proposals may be submitted any time by completing the online policy proposal form on the ARIN web site or by sending text copy of the form topolicy at arin.net. ARIN staff will work with the originator as described below to prepare the policy proposal and make it available for consideration by the Advisory Council. Upon receipt of a policy proposal form, the ARIN staff will work with the proposal originator by providing feedback within 10 days regarding the clarity and understanding of the proposal text. The merits of the policy proposal itself are not evaluated at this time; the purpose of this step is to insure that the proposal text will be clear and understandable to the ARIN staff and community, and to receive any staff comments regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. The proposal originator may revise (or not) the proposal text based on the feedback received, and when the originator indicates satisfaction with the proposal text, the ARIN staff assigns it a policy proposal number, posts the policy proposal to the public web site, and notifies the Advisory Council of a new policy proposal available for initial evaluation. 2. Policy Proposal Initial Evaluation The Advisory Council (AC) performs an initial evaluation of each policy proposal in a timely manner to determine if the proposal is within scope of the Policy Development Process. This will include consideration of comments received from staff regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. Policy proposals which are determined by the Advisory Council to be out of scope or clearly without merit may be rejected at this point, and the Advisory Council announces the rejection of a policy proposal along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The Advisory Council maintains a docket of draft policies under active development. Any policy proposals that are not rejected upon initial evaluation shall become draft policies on its docket. The AC Chair may defer initial evaluation of all new policy proposals if the Chair determines that there are insufficient resources available for additional policy development work. 3. Draft Policy Discussion and Development The Advisory Council is responsible for the development of draft policies on its docket to meet ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy (as described in Part One of the PDP, Section 4). During this effort, the Advisory Council participates in and encourages the discussion of the draft policies on the PPML, notes the merits and concerns raised, and then based on its understanding of the relevant issues, the Advisory Council may take various actions including abandoning, revising or combining the draft policy with other draft policies. The Advisory Council announces any actions taken on draft policies along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The explanation should show a full consideration of the issues leading to the action.. The Advisory Council (AC) may have specific AC members or members of the community (including the proposal originator) collaborate in the consideration of the discussion and preparation of actions for the Advisory Council, but only the Advisory Council may revise, combine, or abandon a draft policy. The Advisory Council may submit a draft policy for a combined staff and legal review (and should do so after significant changes to a draft policy). This review will be completed within 10 days. Upon receipt of the staff and legal review comments, the Advisory Council examines the comments to ensure their understanding and resolve any issues that may have been raised. This may cause the Advisory Council to revise, combine or abandon the draft policy. 4. Community Discussion at Public Policy Meeting The Advisory Council presents reports on the status of all the draft policies on its docket at each public policy meeting (PPM). The list of draft policies is set 20 days in advance of the PPM, and no action to add, merge or abandon draft policies may be made after that point (In order to provide for flexibility but insure discussion of a single draft policy version at the PPM, minor revisions to draft policy text may be made by the Advisory Council up until 10 days prior to the public policy meeting.) The AC Chair designates a list of Draft Policies for discussion and these are specifically listed in the Draft PPM agenda. In each Draft Policy presentation, members of the Advisory Council will present the arguments for and against adoption of the Draft Policy (petitioned items at the PPM are handled per PDP Section III: Petition Process) The Advisory Council participates in the discussion of the draft policies at the PPM, and notes merits and concerns raised in the discussion. Within the 30 days following the Public Policy Meeting, the Advisory Council reviews all draft policies and, taking into account the discussion at the public policy meeting, decides the appropriate next action for each one.. Draft policies that are not abandoned remain on the Advisory Council?s docket for further development. 5. Advisory Council Consensus on Recommended Draft Policy If the Advisory Council completes its work on a draft policy and believes that the draft policy meets ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy, it may recommend the draft policy to the community. Upon recommendation, the recommended draft policy text and a current staff and legal review are published on the PPML for community discussion. 6. Community Support on Recommended Draft Policy The Advisory Council seeks community support for its recommended draft policies, and this support may be ascertained by a show of hands at the public policy meeting or an online poll of the community after 10 days prior notice provided to PPML. The Advisory Council should carefully weigh the community support shown for each of the recommended draft policies. Clear community opposition is a strong indication that policy abandonment should be considered. A low level of overall support without opposition for a recommend draft policy suggests further discussion of the merits of the draft policy or abandonment. A clear split in the community support suggests that the Advisory Council should revise the draft policy to accommodate the concerns raised or further explain its consideration of the matter. 7. Last Call The Advisory Council selects recommended draft policies that have the support of the community and sends these policies to a last call for review and discussion by the community on the PPML. The last call period will be for a minimum of 10 days. The Advisory Council may decide that certain draft policies require a longer last call period of review (such as those that were revised based on comments received during the public policy meeting). If the Advisory Council sends a draft policy different than the recommended draft policy, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all changes to the text. Within 30 days of the end of last call the Advisory Council will review the result of last call discussion, and will determine readiness for consideration by the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Council may forward a draft policy directly to the Board of Trustees only if minor, non-substantive changes were made as a result of last call discussion. Any other changes require that the recommended policy be sent again to last call, or held on the docket as a draft policy for further development. The AC can also decide to abandon a draft policy at this point. The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for them, are announced to the PPML. The Advisory Council forwards the recommended draft policies to the Board of Trustees for adoption. 9. Board of Trustees Review The ARIN Board of Trustees reviews and evaluates each recommended draft policy at their next meeting. In its review, the Board evaluates the policy with respect to the Policy Development Goals as described in Part One of the PDP including specifically whether the ARIN Policy Development Process has been followed, and whether the policy is in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission. The Board may adopt, reject or remand recommended policies to the Advisory Council. All rejections will include an explanation. Remands will include an explanation and suggestions for further development. The Board may also seek clarification from the Advisory Council without remanding the recommended policy. The results of the Board's decision are announced to the PPML. 10. Implementation The projected implementation date of the policy is announced at the time that adoption of the policy is announced. ARIN staff updates the NRPM to include the adopted policy and implements and publishes a new version of the manual. 11. Special Policy Actions 11.1 Emergency PDP If urgently necessary pursuant to ARIN?s mission, the Board of Trustees may initiate policy by declaring an emergency and posting a draft policy to the PPML for discussion for a minimum of 10 business days. The Advisory Council will review the draft policy within 5 days of the end of the discussion period and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. If the Board of Trustees adopts the policy, it will be presented at the next public policy meeting for reconsideration. 11.2 Policy Suspension If, after a policy has been adopted, the Board receives credible information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the Advisory Council on how to proceed. The recommendation of the Advisory Council will be published for discussion on the PPML for a period of at least 10 days. The Board of Trustees will review the Advisory Council's recommendation and the PPML discussion. If suspended, the policy will be presented at the next scheduled public policy meeting in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document. PART THREE ? PDP PETITION PROCESS This section provides the details of the petitions within the Policy Development Process. Petitions can be made at points where decisions are made in the policy process. Points where petitions are available are depicted on the main PDP flow diagram in Appendix A. All days in the process below are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. Petition Principles 1.1 Available to the community Any member of the community may initiate a Petition if they are dissatisfied with a specific action taken by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) regarding any policy proposal or draft policy. The petitioner does not have to be located in the ARIN region or associated with an organization that is a Member of ARIN; any party (including a policy proposal originator) with interest in policy development matters within the ARIN region may initiate a petition. Notwithstanding the above, ARIN Staff and ARIN Board members may not initiate or be counted in support of petitions as these individuals already have a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process. 1.2 Petition Initiation and Process A petition may be initiated by sending an email message to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) clearly requesting a petition against a specific action and includes a statement to the community on why the petition is warranted. The ARIN Staff will confirm the validity of the petition and then announce the start of the petition period on the PPML mailing list. Until the close of the petition period, Members of the community (as allowed to petition per 1.1 above) may be counted in support for an existing petition by sending an email message to the PPML clearly stating their support for the petition. Only one petition will be considered for given policy action; all subsequent requests to petition for the same action within the petition period shall be considered as support for the original petition. The petition shall remain open for 5 days, at which time the ARIN Staff shall determine if the petition succeeds (success requires expressions of petition support from at least 10 different people from 10 different organizations). A successful petition will result in a change of status for the policy proposal or draft policy as specified below. Staff and legal reviews will be conducted and published for draft policies placed on the AC docket by successful petitions. All draft policies successfully petitioned are presented for discussion at the next PPM by an individual chosen by the petition supporters. If consensus is not achieved in determining the presenter, then the President may facilitate the selection process. 2. Valid Petitions Petitions may be made regarding policy proposals or draft policies as described below. 2.1. Petition against Abandonment or Rejection due to out of scope The Advisory Council?s decision to abandon a policy proposal or draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council abandonment of a specific policy proposal or draft policy. For sake of clarity, the ?announcement date? of an action shall be the publication date of the action in the ARIN AC minutes. For a draft policy, a successful petition will result in the draft policy being placed back on the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. For a policy proposal rejected due to being out of scope of the PDP, a successful petition will result in the question of policy proposal being referred the ARIN Board for consideration. For a policy proposal otherwise abandoned, a successful petition will result in the policy proposal becoming a draft policy that will be placed on the AC docket and published for discussion and review by the community on the PPML. The resulting draft policy shall be under control of the AC going forward as any other draft policy and subsequently may be revised or abandoned per the normal policy development process. 2.2. Petition for Original Version The Advisory Council?s decision to revise a draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated anytime until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council revision or publication date of the draft agenda of the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). A successful petition will result in the original version of the draft policy being added to the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. 2.3. Last Call Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Last Call Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a PPM to send a draft policy to last call. If successful, the petition will move the draft policy to last call discussion and review by the community on the PPML. 2.4. Board of Trustees Consideration Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Board of Trustees Consideration Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a last call review. If successful, this petition will move the draft policy for consideration by the Board of Trustees. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: