[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers

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ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers

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ARIN-prop-146 Clarify Justified Need for Transfers

Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman

Proposal Version: 1

Date: 2 May 2011

Proposal type: new

Policy term: permanent

Policy statement:

Add a subsection to Section 8 (Transfers) of the NRPM:

"Justified Need" for resources associated with a transfer shall be
determined using the "4.2.4 ISP Additional Requests" criteria applied as
though the recipient has been a subscriber member of ARIN for at least
one year (whether or not that is the case).

Rationale:

An organization which is not able to obtain its initial IPv4 address
assignment from ARIN post-runout would otherwise be limited to
purchasing only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4
regarding 8.3 transfers is not triggered).

An organization which has only recently received its first allocation
under the "last /8" criteria is also otherwise limited to purchasing
only a 3-month supply (because the language in 4.2.4.4 is again not
applicable).

There is also ambiguity if 4.2.2.1.3 is applied in that a transfer to
a new organization might only need to show need for a /20 (because that
is what is specifically called out) even though they are receiving a
much larger block.

There is also ambiguity with regard to transfers under 8.2 where the
receiving organization is a new organization... not at all clear how
"justified need" has been or should be determined.

Timetable for implementation: immediate