[ppml] Policy Proposal: Resource Reclamation Incentives

Yes... I thought that was the literal meaning of them rather than a  
between-the-lines
interpretation, but, I am open to wordsmithing as well as substantive  
suggestions
for improvement.

Owen

On Jun 30, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote:

> I think what Owen meant was:
>
> 1.      If the organization does not currently pay ARIN fees, their  
> remaining IPv4 resources shall remain fee exempt.
>
> and
>
> 4.      All organizations returning space under this policy shall,  
> if they meet other eligibility requirements and so request, obtain  
> an appropriate IPv6 end-user assignment or ISP allocation as  
> applicable, with no fees for these IPv6 resources for the first 5  
> years.... etc.
>
> I presume that the normal rules (that you pay the greater of your  
> IPv4 or IPv6 fees, not the sum) will still apply in such  
> situations, meaning that a legacy IPv4 holder who returns some of  
> their space and gets an IPv6 block will begin paying fees, based on  
> their IPv6 space, after 5 years.
>
> Owen, am I reading between the lines correctly?
>
> -Scott
>
> P.S. Aaron, you might want to update the From: line your mailer  
> generates.  :-)
>
> heh heh wrote:
>> Owen,
>> Doesn't #1 and #4 conflict with each other or am I missing something?
>> #1 says that they will remain exempt
>> #4 says that anyone returning will be exempt for 5yrs
>> So, if I return legacy space, which one do I fall under?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 6/28/07, *Owen DeLong* <owen at delong.com  
>> <mailto:owen at delong.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Here's an attempt to partially drain the swamp and create some
>>     incentives
>>     for legacy holders to both return available IPv4 space and  
>> start using
>>     IPv6.
>>
>>     Comments welcome.
>>
>>     Owen
>>
>>
>>     Template: ARIN-POLICY-PROPOSAL-TEMPLATE-1.0
>>
>>
>>     Policy Proposal Name: Legacy Outreach and Partial Reclamation
>>     Author
>>             name: Owen DeLong
>>             email: owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com>
>>             telephone: 408-921-6984
>>             organization: JITTR Networks
>>
>>     Proposal Version: 0.0.1
>>     Submission Date: 2007 April 22
>>     Proposal type: M
>>             new, modify, or delete.
>>     Policy term: permanent
>>             temporary, permanent, or renewable.
>>     Policy statement:
>>             Modify section 4.6 as follows:
>>
>>             4.6 Amnesty Requests
>>                     ARIN will accept the return or relinquishment of
>>     any address space
>>                     from any existing address holder. If the address
>>     holder wishes to
>>                     aggregate into a single block, ARIN may work with
>>     the address holder
>>                     to arrive at an allocation or assignment which is
>>     equal to or smaller
>>                     than the sum of their existing blocks and which
>>     best meets the needs
>>                     of the existing holder and the community. There
>>     shall be no fee for
>>                     returning addresses under this policy.  Further,
>>     organizations
>>                     returning addresses under this policy shall
>>     receive the following
>>                     benefits:
>>
>>                             1.      If the organization does not
>>     currently pay ARIN
>>                                     fees, they shall remain fee  
>> exempt.
>>
>>                             2.      If the organization currently  
>> pays
>>     ARIN fees,
>>                                     their fees shall be waived for  
>> two
>>     years for
>>                                     each /20 equivalent returned,  
>> with
>>     any fractional /20
>>                                     equivalent resulting in a one- 
>> time
>>     single year waiver.
>>
>>                             3.      Any organization returning  
>> address
>>     space under
>>                                     this policy shall continue under
>>     their existing
>>                                     RSA or they may choose to sign  
>> the
>>     current RSA.
>>                                     For organizations which currently
>>     do not
>>                                     have an RSA, they may sign the
>>     current RSA, or,
>>                                     they may choose to remain without
>>     an RSA.
>>
>>                             4.      All organizations returning space
>>     under this
>>                                     policy shall, if they meet other
>>     eligibility
>>                                     requirements and so request,
>>     obtain an
>>                                     appropriate IPv6 end-user  
>> assignment
>>                                     or ISP allocation as applicable,
>>     with no fees
>>                                     for the first 5
>>     years.  Organizations electing
>>                                     to receive IPv6
>>     allocation/assignment under
>>                                     this provision must sign a  
>> current
>>     RSA and
>>                                     must agree that all of their IPv4
>>     resources are
>>                                     henceforth subject to the RSA.
>>     Organizations
>>                                     taking this election shall be
>>     subject to end-user
>>                                     fees for their IPv4 resources not
>>     previously
>>                                     under an ARIN RSA.  If they are
>>     already an
>>                                     ARIN subscriber, then IPv4  
>> resources
>>                                     affected by this process may,
>>     instead,  be added to
>>                                     their existing subscriber
>>     agreement at the
>>                                     address holder's discretion.
>>
>>     Rationale:
>>
>>             The current amnesty policy does a nice job of  
>> facilitating
>>             aggregation, which was the intent when it was
>>     drafted.  However,
>>             as we approach IPv4 free-space exhaustion, the  
>> community now
>>             has an additional need to facilitate address reclamation.
>>
>>             A very high percentage of underutilized space is in the
>>     hands of
>>             legacy holders who currently have no benefit to joining
>>     the ARIN
>>             process.  Further, there is an unfortunate perception  
>> that
>>     doing
>>             so will require force the legacy holder into certain  
>> future
>>     disadvantages.
>>             This proposal attempts to resolve both of those issues
>>     while also
>>             providing some incentive to legacy organizations to start
>>     using
>>             IPv6 resources and bring their IPv4 resources into the  
>> ARIN
>>             process.
>>
>>             This policy attempts to provide some benefit and remove
>>     most of
>>             the costs of making partial IPv4 returns.  It also
>>     attempts to
>>             provide an incentive for these IPv4 holders to join  
>> the ARIN
>>             process.
>>
>>     Timetable for implementation:
>>
>>             Immediate
>>
>>     Meeting presenter:
>>
>>             TBD, probably Owen DeLong
>>
>>     END OF TEMPLATE
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