[arin-announce] Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process

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A new version of the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP)
has been ratified by the ARIN Board of Trustees and will take effect
immediately:

http://www.arin.net/policy/ipep.html

There are remaining active policy proposals which were presented at the
ARIN Public Policy Meeting in Chicago in October of 2003.  These policy
proposals were initiated under the old Internet Resource Policy
Evaluation Process.  They will now be inserted into the new IRPEP at
the appropriate stage of the process as follows:

The following policy proposals are being worked on by the AC.  Further
discussion will be held on the ARIN Public Policy mailing list.

Policy Proposal 2003-4: IPv6 Policy Changes
Policy Proposal 2003-9: WHOIS Acceptable Use
Policy Proposal 2003-16: POC Verification

The following policy proposal is in the post Public Policy Meeting AC
Review stage and will be posted to final call:

Policy Proposal 2002-2: Experimental Internet Resource Allocations

The ARIN Board of Trustees recently requested clarification for the
following policy proposals.  They are currently in the Last Call review
stage:

Policy Proposal 2003-3: Residential Customer Privacy
Policy Proposal 2003-5: Distributed Information Server Use Requirements

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