[ppml] Initiation of Petition was Re: Proposed Policy: IPv4 Countdown - not accepted by AC as formal policy proposal

Ed,

Please state specifically whether or not you support the petition and follow the instructions that have been provided by Toshiyuki to wit:

"send email to petition at arin.net with full point of contact information, including their telephone number and organizational affiliation".

Thanks,

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Lewis [mailto:Ed.Lewis at neustar.biz]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:33 AM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Cc: petition at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] Initiation of Petition was Re: Proposed Policy:
> IPv4 Countdown - not accepted by AC as formal policy proposal
>
> Okay, so this is what my "petition/protest" mail was all about:
>
>  From before (to make sure it counts under the rules):
>
> I would like to voice a qualified "I object" to this rejection.
>
> I would like to see some discussion on this, even though I comprehend
> the reasons given below for the rejection and acknowledge that they
> are valid.  My motivation for speaking up is to see if there might be
> a way that the spirit of the proposal can be pushed forward in ARIN
> even if the particular proposal has mechanics that are problematic.
>
> At this point, I don't have a specific recommendation, just wanted to
> say that there might be a reason to reconsider this, perhaps in
> another form.
>
>
> At 16:57 +0900 3/14/07, Toshiyuki Hosaka wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >This is a formal petition request to advance the policy proposal
> >entitled "IPv4
> >Countdown Policy Proposal". The full text of the proposal is posted
> >on the ARIN
> >website at the following URL:
> >
> >   http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-February/006000.html
> >
> >This policy proposal was to respond in an orderly way to the
> >upcoming exhaustion
> >of the IPv4 address space. The AC rejected this proposal due to anti-
> trust
> >issues however I strongly believe that we should discuss this kind
> >of policy in
> >the ARIN open policy forum, rather than simple rejection, since IPv4
> address
> >exhaustion is so important issue to the whole community.
> >
> >According to the Internet Policy Evaluation Process, people who wish
> >to document
> >their support for the petition must do the following within the next
> >five (5) days:
> >
> >   1) post a response to the Public Policy Mailing List stating their
> >      support for the proposal,
> >
> >    and,
> >
> >   2) send email to petition at arin.net with full point of contact
> >      information, including their telephone number and organizational
> >      affiliation.
> >
> >If you have any questions about this process you can refer to the ARIN
> website
> >at http://www.arin.net/policy/ipep.html for the full text explaining
> the
> >petition process.
> >
> >Thanks and best regards,
> >Toshi
> >--
> >Toshiyuki Hosaka <hosaka at nic.ad.jp>
> >JPNIC
> >
> >
> >
> >Member Services wrote (2007/03/03 2:47):
> >>  On 1 March 2007 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) concluded its review
> of
> >>  the proposed policy 'IPv4 Countdown' and did not accept it as a
> formal
> >>  policy proposal.
> >>
> >>  The AC rejected this proposal having taken into consideration the
> >>  anti-trust issues raised by the ARIN General Counsel and because
> the AC
> >>  deemed the proposal to be contrary to ARIN's mission.
> >>
> >>  During the initial review period the AC may decide to:
> >>  1)  Accept the proposal as a formal policy proposal as it is
> presented,
> >>  2)  Work with the author to clarify, divide or combine it with
> another
> >>  proposal, or
> >>  3)  Not accept the policy proposal.
> >>
> >>  In the event that the AC decides not to accept the proposed policy,
> then
> >>  the author may elect to use the petition process to advance the
> >>  proposal. For petition details see the section called "Petition
> >>  Process" in the ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process
> which
> >>  can be found at:
> >>  http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html
> >>
> >>  The deadline for the author to initiate a petition per the ARIN
> Internet
> >>  Resource Policy Evaluation Process is 40 days prior to the meeting;
> the
> >>  petition deadline for the ARIN XIX Public Policy Meeting
> >>  is 14 March 2007. If the author chooses not to petition or the
> petition
> >>  is unsuccessful, then the proposed policy is closed. If a petition
> is
> >>  successful, then the proposal will be numbered and posted for
> discussion
> >>  and presented at ARIN's Public Policy Meeting.
> >>
> >>  The proposed policy text can be found at:
> >>  http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-February/006000.html
> >>
> >>  Regards,
> >>
> >>  Member Services
> >>  American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >>
> >>  _______________________________________________
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> >>  PPML at arin.net
> >>  http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/ppml
> >>
> >
> >
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