[arin-announce] Consultation for Open Suggestions Review

[ARIN]

ARIN Community,

We are implementing the Open Suggestion Review period, part of the
recently revised ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process. For the next
two weeks leading up to ARIN XXIX, we are asking you to review the 7
active suggestions listed below and:

1. Comment on the merits of each - (eg. Worth doing, not worth the
effort, must have, etc.)
2. For those you think have merit, rank them in your desired order of
potential implementation.

We have provided a high-level staff assessment of perceived level of
implementation effort for each suggestion. Be sure to read the more
detailed notes at the url for each suggestion listed, links provided below.

There will be a discussion period about these suggestions during the
ARIN XXIX Public Policy and Members Meeting.  Within 30 days after the
meeting, ARIN staff will publish the prioritized list of suggestions,
noting any closed because the community found them to lack merit.

Please provide comments to 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 April 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net.

Regards,

Nate Davis
Chief Operations Officer
America Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


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ACTIVE SUGGESTIONS ­ Seeking Community Input on Merit and Importance.
Details on the anticipated Staff Level of effort to complete can be
found at the url listed for each Suggestion.

2012.2  Web-Based Whois Results Improvement:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-2.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $268,200 in engineering costs, plus
communications efforts.

2012.1  Restore some email functionality:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-1.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $36,900 in engineering costs, plus
communications efforts

2011.29  Add links to Query response:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-29.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $99,000 in engineering costs, plus
registration services and communications efforts.

2011.21  ARIN Online User Interface:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-21.html

ARIN is unable to provide a level of effort for implementation at this
time. ARIN plans to bring in a UI design consultant next year and will
be seeking further customer experience input from the community at a
later date in a separate consultation.

2011.17  Define access restrictions for APIs:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-17.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $1,458,000 in engineering costs,
plus significant communications efforts.

2011.7  Display Agreements Associated with Organizations:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-7.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $18,900 in engineering costs, plus
registration services and communications efforts.

2010.7  IP WHOIS community problem reporting system:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2010-7.html

Estimated staff effort to implement: $52,200 in engineering costs, plus
registration services and communications efforts.


OPEN SUGGESTIONS ­ The following suggestions are either already assigned
for consideration or are on hold pending outcomes of discussions in
other organizations which may impact the scope of the suggestion. These
updates are informational only, and no community input is required at
this time.

2011.35  Invoice payment through ARIN Online:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-35.html

Currently scheduled for delivery in the 3rd Quarter 2012.

2011.34  Amend IPv6 Fee Structure:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-34.html

To be discussed during the Board of Trustees August 2012 workshop.

2011.22  PPML Format Change:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-22.html

To be considered during ARIN Advisory Council taskforce review, post
ARIN XXIX.

2010.16  Legacy Registration Services Agreement Modification:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2010-16.html

This will undergo a more thorough review, possibly to include the ARIN
Board of Trustees.

2009.21  Common RIR Whois Syntax:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2009-21.html

Consideration pending outcome of the IETF WEIRDS effort.

2008.14  Construct Validated IRR Data:
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2008-14.html

Pending ARIN's deployment of RPKI and work under discussion in the IETF.