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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>At their meeting on 16 December 2020, the Board of Trustees adopted the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;margin-bottom:0.5rem'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-1: Clarify Holding Period for Resources Received via 4.1.8 Waitlist<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;margin-bottom:0.5rem'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-3: IPv6 Nano-Allocations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;margin-bottom:0.5rem'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-5: Clarify and Update Requirements for Allocations to Downstream Customers<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>At their meeting on 4 March 2021, the Board of Trustees adopted the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;overflow-wrap: break-word;margin-bottom:0.5rem'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-2: Reinstatement of Organizations Removed from Waitlist by Implementation of ARIN-2019-16<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>These policies are now in effect. A new version of the ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) has been published to the ARIN website.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>NRPM version 2021.1 is effective 16 March 2021 and supersedes the previous version.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The NRPM is available at: <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/"><span style='color:#007A99'>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Board minutes are available at: <a href="https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/meetings/"><span style='color:#007A99'>https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/meetings/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Draft Policies and Proposals are available at: <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/"><span style='color:#007A99'>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>The ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) is available at: <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/"><span style='color:#007A99'>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-top:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem;overflow-wrap: break-word;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sean Hopkins<br>Senior Policy Analyst<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>