From jlewis at arin.net Tue Sep 6 18:03:44 2011 From: jlewis at arin.net (Judson Lewis) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:03:44 +0000 Subject: [ARIN-consult] =?iso-8859-1?q?Consultation_=AD_Publication_of_Tra?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nsferred_Prefixes?= Message-ID: This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish List of 8.3 Transfers: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. ARIN is seeking community input regarding whether ARIN should maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the NRPM. Please refer to the Number Resource Policy Manual for more information on that policy at https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3. This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix was transferred. Additionally, this suggestion has asked that as soon as possible following implementation, ARIN include in this list, all prefixes which have been previously transferred under section 8.3 to date. ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this informational service to the community as there has been related discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input. Comments regarding this proposed suggestion can be submitted through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. Please submit your feedback to the 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 September 2011, at noon EDT. ARIN welcomes community-wide participation. Please address any process questions to info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owen at delong.com Tue Sep 6 18:58:05 2011 From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:58:05 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes Message-ID: <1E92FB11-31EA-49DC-9A8C-E163F9AF2CEA@delong.com> As the author of the suggestion, I fully support ARIN making this publication. All of the data requested is already available to the public. The only thing unique about this suggestion is that it places the burden of combining the data from various ARIN sources into one convenient place. ARIN has already agreed to provide a who-was service, though they have failed to bring that to fruition as yet. I believe that the development effort necessary to produce this list and keep it up to date would be much smaller than a more general who-was service. Owen From bensons at queuefull.net Tue Sep 6 19:31:34 2011 From: bensons at queuefull.net (Benson Schliesser) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:31:34 -0400 Subject: [ARIN-consult] =?iso-8859-1?q?Consultation_=AD_Publication_of_Tra?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nsferred_Prefixes?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Judson Lewis wrote: > This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish > List of 8.3 Transfers: > https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. I support Suggestion 2011-31. Ideally this list would be integrated with a "Who-Was" service. But regardless of implementation details, this information will be valuable to the community. I would also like to see this "Transfer List" expanded to include all section 8 transfers, including those under 8.2 as well as 8.3. In this case it should also indicate the "type" of transfer. I would not expect historical 8.2 transfers to be included in the list, unless doing so was particularly easy for staff. -Benson -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scottleibrand at gmail.com Tue Sep 6 20:09:18 2011 From: scottleibrand at gmail.com (Scott Leibrand) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:09:18 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] =?iso-8859-1?q?Consultation_=AD_Publication_of_Tra?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nsferred_Prefixes?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: IMO actual data on 8.3 transfers would be useful for a number of purposed (including improving transfer policies), so ARIN should go ahead and do whatever is feasible along these lines. -Scott On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Judson Lewis wrote: > This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish > List of 8.3 Transfers: > https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. > ARIN is seeking community input regarding whether ARIN should maintain > and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the > NRPM. Please refer to the Number Resource Policy Manual for more > information on that policy at > https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3. > This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all > prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the > original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each > subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) > transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix > was transferred.??Additionally, this suggestion has asked that as soon > as possible following implementation, ARIN include in this list, all > prefixes which have been previously transferred under section 8.3 to > date. > ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this > informational service to the community as there has been related > discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists.??ARIN seeks clear > direction through community input. > Comments regarding this proposed suggestion can be submitted through the > ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: > https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. > Please submit your feedback to the?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 September 2011, at > noon EDT. > ARIN welcomes community-wide participation. Please address any process > questions to?info at arin.net. > Regards, > Communications and Member Services > American Registry for Internet Numbers > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Consult > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN > Consult Mailing > List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult Please contact the ARIN > Member Services > Help Desk at info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > From Marla.Azinger at FTR.com Tue Sep 6 20:25:08 2011 From: Marla.Azinger at FTR.com (Azinger, Marla) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:25:08 -0400 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> Could the Rationale be detailed more please. Right now this doesn't have enough detail to support the suggestion and it appears more like a curiosity is going to kill the cat request. Here are some thoughts that made me ask for more supporting details: -I believe the community has decided that everyone has the right to see WHOIS data. Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up neatly? -Tools are only useful if accuracy of analysis are applied and such an analysis would require set measurements and rules. What is effectiveness? What is designated as a negative consequence? Who votes on these measures and definitions? Who is really appropriate for conducting this analysis (community or AC)? Cheers Marla ________________________________ From: arin-consult-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-consult-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Judson Lewis Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 3:04 PM To: arin-consult at arin.net Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish List of 8.3 Transfers: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. ARIN is seeking community input regarding whether ARIN should maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the NRPM. Please refer to the Number Resource Policy Manual for more information on that policy at https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3. This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix was transferred. Additionally, this suggestion has asked that as soon as possible following implementation, ARIN include in this list, all prefixes which have been previously transferred under section 8.3 to date. ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this informational service to the community as there has been related discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input. Comments regarding this proposed suggestion can be submitted through the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. Please submit your feedback to the 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 September 2011, at noon EDT. ARIN welcomes community-wide participation. Please address any process questions to info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers ________________________________ This communication is confidential. Frontier only sends and receives email on the basis of the terms set out at http://www.frontier.com/email_disclaimer. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owen at delong.com Tue Sep 6 21:47:28 2011 From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:47:28 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> References: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> Message-ID: <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Azinger, Marla wrote: > Could the Rationale be detailed more please. Right now this doesn't have enough detail to support the suggestion and it appears more like a curiosity is going to kill the cat request. > > Here are some thoughts that made me ask for more supporting details: > -I believe the community has decided that everyone has the right to see WHOIS data. Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up neatly? 1. Since who-was is not yet available, the details are not currently researchable except by non-scalable individual request of the ARIN staff. 2. I'm not sure it's a matter of "having the right" to have it packaged up neatly so much as having a right to the data and finding that it would be much easier for ARIN to package it up neatly than to research it independently and since there are members of the community that feel there is value in having the data available and packaged, and since the process of publication can be easily automated by ARIN, that there is little or no reason not to do so. > -Tools are only useful if accuracy of analysis are applied and such an analysis would require set measurements and rules. What is effectiveness? What is designated as a negative consequence? Who votes on these measures and definitions? Who is really appropriate for conducting this analysis (community or AC)? > I'm afraid I cannot understand what you are trying to say here. Owen > Cheers > Marla > > > From: arin-consult-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-consult-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Judson Lewis > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 3:04 PM > To: arin-consult at arin.net > Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes > > This Consultation is in response to Suggestion Number 2011.31: Publish > List of 8.3 Transfers: > https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2011-31.html. > > ARIN is seeking community input regarding whether ARIN should maintain > and publish a list of all prefixes transferred under section 8.3 of the > NRPM. Please refer to the Number Resource Policy Manual for more > information on that policy at > https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3. > > This suggestion asks that ARIN maintain and publish a list of all > prefixes transferred under section 8.3. The list should identify the > original prefix (the block originally held by the transferor) and each > subdivided prefix (each partial block derived from that original block) > transferred under this policy, and should include the date each prefix > was transferred. Additionally, this suggestion has asked that as soon > as possible following implementation, ARIN include in this list, all > prefixes which have been previously transferred under section 8.3 to > date. > > ARIN would like to feedback regarding the value of providing this > informational service to the community as there has been related > discussion regarding this topic on mailing lists. ARIN seeks clear > direction through community input. > > Comments regarding this proposed suggestion can be submitted through the > ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process, available at: > https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/. > > Please submit your feedback to the arin-consult at arin.net. 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URL: From scottleibrand at gmail.com Tue Sep 6 21:58:00 2011 From: scottleibrand at gmail.com (Scott Leibrand) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:58:00 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> References: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> Message-ID: <-681757448566816454@unknownmsgid> On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Azinger, Marla wrote: -I believe the community has decided that everyone has the right to see WHOIS data. Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up neatly? 1. Since who-was is not yet available, the details are not currently researchable except by non-scalable individual request of the ARIN staff. 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Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up neatly? >> >> 1. Since who-was is not yet available, the details are not currently researchable except by non-scalable individual request of the ARIN staff. > > To explicitly state the inverse, I believe that implementation of a who-was service could also be a good way to meet the need here (depending on implementation details). > > -Scott > I think who-was would make it at least possible to research the requested data, but, it would certainly be much less convenient. Likely, if this does not succeed and we end up with a who-was service instead, I will research automating the required research and publishing the requested list. It will be much easier for ARIN to do it than for me to reverse-engineer it, but, yes, at least it would be achievable. Owen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mjoseph at google.com Tue Sep 6 22:48:48 2011 From: mjoseph at google.com (Mike Joseph) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 19:48:48 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: <3C8E706E-82FA-4685-A051-344049437B86@delong.com> References: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> <-681757448566816454@unknownmsgid> <3C8E706E-82FA-4685-A051-344049437B86@delong.com> Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Azinger, Marla wrote: > > > -I believe the community has decided that everyone has the right to see > WHOIS data. Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up > neatly? > > > 1. Since who-was is not yet available, the details are not currently > researchable except by non-scalable individual request of the ARIN staff. > > > To explicitly state the inverse, I believe that implementation of a who-was > service could also be a good way to meet the need here (depending on > implementation details). > > -Scott > > > I think who-was would make it at least possible to research the requested > data, but, it would certainly be much less convenient. > > Likely, if this does not succeed and we end up with a who-was service > instead, I will research automating the required research and publishing the > requested list. It will be much easier for ARIN to do it than for me to > reverse-engineer it, but, yes, at least it would be achievable. > > Probably not entirely achievable, since you couldn't know for sure whether a transfer happened as a result of 8.2 or 8.3. Given enough (non-automated) research, you might be able to infer it, but even then it's speculative. -MJ > Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Consult > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN > Consult Mailing > List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult Please contact the > ARIN Member Services > Help Desk at info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From owen at delong.com Tue Sep 6 23:36:32 2011 From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:36:32 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: References: <2E2FECEBAE57CC4BAACDE67638305F1049E3BDB0B8@ROCH-EXCH1.corp.pvt> <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> <-681757448566816454@unknownmsgid> <3C8E706E-82FA-4685-A051-344049437B86@delong.com> Message-ID: <3CBC6406-28C2-449C-8031-1AB5CB1C5E78@delong.com> On Sep 6, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Mike Joseph wrote: > On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:58 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote: > >> On Sep 6, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Owen DeLong wrote: >> >>> >>> On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Azinger, Marla wrote: >>>> >>>> -I believe the community has decided that everyone has the right to see WHOIS data. Why do they have the right to have transfer details packaged up neatly? >>> >>> 1. Since who-was is not yet available, the details are not currently researchable except by non-scalable individual request of the ARIN staff. >> >> To explicitly state the inverse, I believe that implementation of a who-was service could also be a good way to meet the need here (depending on implementation details). >> >> -Scott >> > > I think who-was would make it at least possible to research the requested data, but, it would certainly be much less convenient. > > Likely, if this does not succeed and we end up with a who-was service instead, I will research automating the required research and publishing the requested list. It will be much easier for ARIN to do it than for me to reverse-engineer it, but, yes, at least it would be achievable. > > > Probably not entirely achievable, since you couldn't know for sure whether a transfer happened as a result of 8.2 or 8.3. Given enough (non-automated) research, you might be able to infer it, but even then it's speculative. > I'd be satisfied with a list of all transfers that doesn't specify whether they were accomplished under 8.2 or 8.3, but, would prefer the 8.3 transfers be identifiable. I suspect that in most cases, 8.3 transfers will be partial blocks. It is not possible to do a partial block transfer under 8.2 (unless the remainder is returned to ARIN). As such, I think that most of them could be identified in an automated fashion. Owen > -MJ > > Owen > > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Consult > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Consult Mailing > List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult Please contact the ARIN Member Services > Help Desk at info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From marty at akamai.com Wed Sep 7 08:33:06 2011 From: marty at akamai.com (Hannigan, Martin) Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 07:33:06 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes In-Reply-To: <701C297F-950B-464D-AB1F-B7029A364E62@delong.com> Message-ID: On 9/6/11 9:47 PM, "Owen DeLong" wrote: > > On Sep 6, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Azinger, Marla wrote: > >> Could the Rationale be detailed more please. Right now this doesn't have >> enough detail to support the suggestion and it appears more like a curiosity >> is going to kill the cat request. >> [ clip ] > 2. I'm not sure it's a matter of "having the right" to have it packaged up > neatly so much as having a right to the data The author of this suggestion clearly stated that the data was readily available already: " On 9/6/11 6:58 PM, "Owen DeLong" wrote: > All of the data requested is already available to the public. There is a balance between openness, transparency and providing bandits with bullets for their guns. I'm not in favor of this suggestion. Best, -M< From fbulk at mypremieronline.com Tue Sep 6 18:12:32 2011 From: fbulk at mypremieronline.com (Frank Bulk) Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 17:12:32 -0500 Subject: [ARIN-consult] [arin-announce] Consultation Publication of Transferred Prefixes Message-ID: <0C6A4A8DD60DBF4A99C300DDA771BFAB01DEB4E1FD63@server3.MUTUALTEL.MTCNET.NET> As an ISP, I fully support this, for both my benefit and if I was the one who sold or purchased prefixes in accordance with ARIN's policies. Frank Bulk Premier Communications From cgrundemann at gmail.com Wed Sep 14 11:44:44 2011 From: cgrundemann at gmail.com (Chris Grundemann) Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:44:44 -0600 Subject: [ARIN-consult] =?iso-8859-1?q?Consultation_=AD_Publication_of_Tra?= =?iso-8859-1?q?nsferred_Prefixes?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 18:09, Scott Leibrand wrote: > IMO actual data on 8.3 transfers would be useful for a number of > purposed (including improving transfer policies), so ARIN should go > ahead and do whatever is feasible along these lines. +1 ~Chris > > -Scott > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-Consult > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Consult Mailing > List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult Please contact the ARIN Member Services > Help Desk at info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > -- @ChrisGrundemann weblog.chrisgrundemann.com www.burningwiththebush.com www.theIPv6experts.net www.coisoc.org From info at arin.net Fri Sep 30 13:43:26 2011 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:43:26 -0400 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process Message-ID: <4E85FFBE.2000007@arin.net> ARIN is consulting with the community with regards to the attached Revised Policy Development Process (PDP) for policy development in the ARIN region. This revision to the PDP includes extensive restructuring of the material for improved readability, and as such the use of change marking is not possible. Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include: - Improved definition of the scope of the PDP process - Clarified principles for good number resource policy - Clarified Board criteria for ratification of developed policies - Have added a role for the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) to performing an initial review of each new policy proposal to confirm that it is in scope of the PDP - Have changed the process so all in-scope policy proposals become draft policies upon successful initial review - Have defined a single first-in/first-out flow control for AC Chair to allow deferral of all incoming proposals if AC docket is overloaded - Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any policy action taken - Provides for the AC to select the set of draft policies which are to be presented in detail for discussion at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) - Excludes ARIN Staff & Board from initiating or supporting petitions - One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually select the presenter of the draft policy at PPM There are three documents: Part 1 is the goals of the PDP, Part 2 is the PDP itself, and Part 3 is the PDP Petition Process. 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 28 October 2011. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## PART ONE ? ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOALS 1. Purpose This document describes the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP). The ARIN PDP is the process by which policies for the management of Internet number resources in the ARIN region are developed by the community. These Internet number resource policies are developed in an open and transparent manner that allows anyone to participate in the process. The PDP is designed to bring forth clear, technically sound and useful policies for ARIN to use in the management and administration of Internet number resources. To accomplish this goal, the PDP charges the community-elected ARIN Advisory Council (AC) as the primary policy development body with appropriate checks and balances on its performance in that role. Part I of this document provides the underlying goals for the Policy Development Process (including its purpose, scope, principles, and criteria for policy changes) and Part II details the specific Policy Development Process used for development of changes to Internet number resource policy. Part III details the processes for petitioning specific aspects of the Policy Development Process. 2. Definitions Internet Number Resources Internet number resources consist of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address space, and Autonomous System (AS) numbers. Policy Proposal An idea for a policy that is submitted to the policy development process. ARIN staff work with idea proposers to insure clarity of the policy proposals, and the ARIN Advisory Council confirms the policy proposal is in scope (per Section 3) of the Policy Development Process. Draft Policy A policy proposal that is under active consideration by the Advisory Council. A draft policy results from a policy proposal being accepted by the Advisory Council for further development. The Advisory Council accepts additional policy proposals when the AC Chair determines that the Advisory Council has sufficient available resources to undertake additional development work. Recommended Draft Policy A draft policy that has been recommended for adoption by the Advisory Council. Policies are recommended for adoption once the Advisory Council determines the draft policy meets ARIN?s Principles of Internet number resource policy as specified in Section 4. Adopted Policy A policy that has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Adopted policies are incorporated into the Network Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) The ARIN public mailing list for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Public Policy Meeting (PPM) ARIN meetings open to the public for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Petition An action initiated by any member of the community (including a proposal originator) if they are dissatisfied with the action taken by the Advisory Council regarding a specific policy proposal or draft policy. 3. Scope of Internet Number Resource Policies 3.1. Policies, not Processes, Fees, or Services Internet number resource policies developed through the PDP describe the policies and guidelines to be followed in number resource management, not the procedures that ARIN staff will use to implement the policies. ARIN staff develops appropriate procedures to implement policies after they are adopted. Internet number resource policies are also distinctly separate from ARIN general business practices. ARIN's general business processes, fees, and services are not within the purview of the Policy Development Process, and policies developed through the PDP cannot define or establish ARIN fees or service offerings. All matters concerning fees and service offerings are part of the fiduciary responsibility of the Board of Trustees. Note that the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ARIN ACSP) may be used to propose changes in non-policy areas. 3.2. Relevant and applicable within the ARIN region Policies developed through the PDP are community self-regulatory statements that govern ARIN?s actions in the management of Internet number resources. Policy statements must be applicable to some portion of the community or number resources managed within the ARIN region, and proposals to change policy must address a clearly defined and existing problem with number resource policy in the region. Note that the policy development process for global policies follows a similar process within each RIR region with the additional process of ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The global policy development process is separately documented and facilitated by the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). 4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy Internet Number resource policy recommended for adoption must satisfy three important principles, specifically: 1) enabling fair and Impartial number resource administration, 2) technically sound (providing for uniqueness and usability of number resources), and 3) supported by the community. 4.1. Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration Internet number resources must be managed with appropriate stewardship and care. Internet number resource policy must conserve resources and provide for fair and impartial distribution of resources according to unambiguous processes and criteria. All policy statements must be clear, complete, and concise, and any criteria that are defined in policy must be simple and obtainable. Policies must be unambiguous and not subject to varying degrees of interpretation. 4.2. Technically Sound Policies for Internet number resources management must be evaluated for soundness against three overarching technical requirements: conservation, aggregation and registration. More specifically, policies for managing Internet number resources must: ? Support both conservation and efficient utilization of Internet number resources to the extent feasible. Policy should maximize number resource availability while respecting the significant cost to the Internet community resulting from number resource depletion. ? Support the aggregation of Internet number resources in a hierarchical manner to the extent feasible. Policy should permit the routing scalability that is necessary for continued Internet growth. (Note that neither ARIN, nor its policies, can guarantee routability of any particular Internet number resource as that is dependent on the actions of the individual Internet operators.) ? Support the unique registration of Internet number resources. Policy should prevent to the extent feasible any duplicate use of Internet number resources that would disrupt Internet communications. The ARIN AC considers these requirements in assessing changes to policy and only recommends those policies that achieve a technically sound balance of these requirements. The ARIN AC documents its technical assessment for consideration by the community. 4.3. Supported by the Community Changes to policy must be shown to have a strong level of support in the community in order to be adopted. The determination of support is most commonly done after discussion of the draft policy at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) or via online poll after discussion on the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML). A strong level of community support for a policy change does not mean unanimous; it may be supported by only a subset of the community, as long as the policy change enjoys substantially more support than opposition in the community active in the discussion. Furthermore, any specific concerns expressed by a significant portion of the community must have been explicitly considered by the ARIN AC in their assessment of the policy change. 5. ARIN Board Criteria for Policy Changes In order to maintain fidelity to the duty performed by ARIN on behalf of the Internet community, changes to Internet resource numbering policy must meet two specific criteria before being adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees: 1) in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission, and 2) developed via open and transparent processes 5.1. In Compliance with Law and ARIN?s Mission Policies developed through the PDP must advance ARIN?s mission, not create unreasonable fiduciary or liability risk, and must be consistent with ARIN's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all applicable laws and regulations. 5.2. Developed by Open & Transparent Processes Changes to policy must be developed via open and transparent processes that provide for participation by all. Policies must be considered be in open, publicly accessible forum as part of the adoption process. Policy discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List (PPML) and in the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). There are no qualifications for participation other than following the specified rules of decorum necessary for constructive discussion. Anyone interesting in participating in the process may subscribe to the PPML and anyone interested may attend a PPM in person or via remote participation methods. All aspects of the PDP are documented and publicly available via the ARIN website. The PPML is archived. The proceedings of each PPM are published. All policies are documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). All draft policies are cross referenced to the original policy proposal, the archives of the PPML, all related PPM proceedings, and the minutes of the appropriate Advisory Council and the ARIN Board of Trustees meetings. The procedures that are developed to implement the policy are documented, publicly available, and followed by the ARIN staff. PART TWO ? THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS This section provides the details of the ARIN Policy Development Process. All references to ?days? are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. The Policy Proposal Policy proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development process by anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN Board of Trustees or the ARIN staff. Policy proposals may be submitted any time by completing the online policy proposal form on the ARIN web site or by sending text copy of the form to policy at arin.net. ARIN staff will work with the originator as described below to prepare the policy proposal and make it available for consideration by the Advisory Council. Upon receipt of a policy proposal form, the ARIN staff will work with the proposal originator by providing feedback within 10 days regarding the clarity and understanding of the proposal text. The merits of the policy proposal itself are not evaluated at this time; the purpose of this step is to insure that the proposal text will be clear and understandable to the ARIN staff and community, and to receive any staff comments regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. The proposal originator may revise (or not) the proposal text based on the feedback received, and when the originator indicates satisfaction with the proposal text, the ARIN staff assigns it a policy proposal number, posts the policy proposal to the public web site, and notifies the Advisory Council of a new policy proposal available for initial evaluation. 2. Policy Proposal Initial Evaluation The Advisory Council (AC) performs an initial evaluation of each policy proposal in a timely manner to determine if the proposal is within scope of the Policy Development Process. This will include consideration of comments received from staff regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. Policy proposals which are determined by the Advisory Council to be out of scope or clearly without merit may be rejected at this point, and the Advisory Council announces the rejection of a policy proposal along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The Advisory Council maintains a docket of draft policies under active development. Any policy proposals that are not rejected upon initial evaluation shall become draft policies on its docket. The AC Chair may defer initial evaluation of all new policy proposals if the Chair determines that there are insufficient resources available for additional policy development work. 3. Draft Policy Discussion and Development The Advisory Council is responsible for the development of draft policies on its docket to meet ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy (as described in Part One of the PDP, Section 4). During this effort, the Advisory Council participates in and encourages the discussion of the draft policies on the PPML, notes the merits and concerns raised, and then based on its understanding of the relevant issues, the Advisory Council may take various actions including abandoning, revising or combining the draft policy with other draft policies. The Advisory Council announces any actions taken on draft policies along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The explanation should show a full consideration of the issues leading to the action.. The Advisory Council (AC) may have specific AC members or members of the community (including the proposal originator) collaborate in the consideration of the discussion and preparation of actions for the Advisory Council, but only the Advisory Council may revise, combine, or abandon a draft policy. The Advisory Council may submit a draft policy for a combined staff and legal review (and should do so after significant changes to a draft policy). This review will be completed within 10 days. Upon receipt of the staff and legal review comments, the Advisory Council examines the comments to ensure their understanding and resolve any issues that may have been raised. This may cause the Advisory Council to revise, combine or abandon the draft policy. 4. Community Discussion at Public Policy Meeting The Advisory Council presents reports on the status of all the draft policies on its docket at each public policy meeting (PPM). The list of draft policies is set 20 days in advance of the PPM, and no action to add, merge or abandon draft policies may be made after that point (In order to provide for flexibility but insure discussion of a single draft policy version at the PPM, minor revisions to draft policy text may be made by the Advisory Council up until 10 days prior to the public policy meeting.) The AC Chair designates a list of Draft Policies for discussion and these are specifically listed in the Draft PPM agenda. In each Draft Policy presentation, members of the Advisory Council will present the arguments for and against adoption of the Draft Policy (petitioned items at the PPM are handled per PDP Section III: Petition Process) The Advisory Council participates in the discussion of the draft policies at the PPM, and notes merits and concerns raised in the discussion. Within the 30 days following the Public Policy Meeting, the Advisory Council reviews all draft policies and, taking into account the discussion at the public policy meeting, decides the appropriate next action for each one.. Draft policies that are not abandoned remain on the Advisory Council?s docket for further development. 5. Advisory Council Consensus on Recommended Draft Policy If the Advisory Council completes its work on a draft policy and believes that the draft policy meets ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy, it may recommend the draft policy to the community. Upon recommendation, the recommended draft policy text and a current staff and legal review are published on the PPML for community discussion. 6. Community Support on Recommended Draft Policy The Advisory Council seeks community support for its recommended draft policies, and this support may be ascertained by a show of hands at the public policy meeting or an online poll of the community after 10 days prior notice provided to PPML. The Advisory Council should carefully weigh the community support shown for each of the recommended draft policies. Clear community opposition is a strong indication that policy abandonment should be considered. A low level of overall support without opposition for a recommend draft policy suggests further discussion of the merits of the draft policy or abandonment. A clear split in the community support suggests that the Advisory Council should revise the draft policy to accommodate the concerns raised or further explain its consideration of the matter. 7. Last Call The Advisory Council selects recommended draft policies that have the support of the community and sends these policies to a last call for review and discussion by the community on the PPML. The last call period will be for a minimum of 10 days. The Advisory Council may decide that certain draft policies require a longer last call period of review (such as those that were revised based on comments received during the public policy meeting). If the Advisory Council sends a draft policy different than the recommended draft policy, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all changes to the text. Within 30 days of the end of last call the Advisory Council will review the result of last call discussion, and will determine readiness for consideration by the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Council may forward a draft policy directly to the Board of Trustees only if minor, non-substantive changes were made as a result of last call discussion. Any other changes require that the recommended policy be sent again to last call, or held on the docket as a draft policy for further development. The AC can also decide to abandon a draft policy at this point. The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for them, are announced to the PPML. The Advisory Council forwards the recommended draft policies to the Board of Trustees for adoption. 9. Board of Trustees Review The ARIN Board of Trustees reviews and evaluates each recommended draft policy at their next meeting. In its review, the Board evaluates the policy with respect to the Policy Development Goals as described in Part One of the PDP including specifically whether the ARIN Policy Development Process has been followed, and whether the policy is in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission. The Board may adopt, reject or remand recommended policies to the Advisory Council. All rejections will include an explanation. Remands will include an explanation and suggestions for further development. The Board may also seek clarification from the Advisory Council without remanding the recommended policy. The results of the Board's decision are announced to the PPML. 10. Implementation The projected implementation date of the policy is announced at the time that adoption of the policy is announced. ARIN staff updates the NRPM to include the adopted policy and implements and publishes a new version of the manual. 11. Special Policy Actions 11.1 Emergency PDP If urgently necessary pursuant to ARIN?s mission, the Board of Trustees may initiate policy by declaring an emergency and posting a draft policy to the PPML for discussion for a minimum of 10 business days. The Advisory Council will review the draft policy within 5 days of the end of the discussion period and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. If the Board of Trustees adopts the policy, it will be presented at the next public policy meeting for reconsideration. 11.2 Policy Suspension If, after a policy has been adopted, the Board receives credible information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the Advisory Council on how to proceed. The recommendation of the Advisory Council will be published for discussion on the PPML for a period of at least 10 days. The Board of Trustees will review the Advisory Council's recommendation and the PPML discussion. If suspended, the policy will be presented at the next scheduled public policy meeting in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document. PART THREE ? PDP PETITION PROCESS This section provides the details of the petitions within the Policy Development Process. Petitions can be made at points where decisions are made in the policy process. Points where petitions are available are depicted on the main PDP flow diagram in Appendix A. All days in the process below are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. Petition Principles 1.1 Available to the community Any member of the community may initiate a Petition if they are dissatisfied with a specific action taken by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) regarding any policy proposal or draft policy. The petitioner does not have to be located in the ARIN region or associated with an organization that is a Member of ARIN; any party (including a policy proposal originator) with interest in policy development matters within the ARIN region may initiate a petition. Notwithstanding the above, ARIN Staff and ARIN Board members may not initiate or be counted in support of petitions as these individuals already have a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process. 1.2 Petition Initiation and Process A petition may be initiated by sending an email message to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) clearly requesting a petition against a specific action and includes a statement to the community on why the petition is warranted. The ARIN Staff will confirm the validity of the petition and then announce the start of the petition period on the PPML mailing list. Until the close of the petition period, Members of the community (as allowed to petition per 1.1 above) may be counted in support for an existing petition by sending an email message to the PPML clearly stating their support for the petition. Only one petition will be considered for given policy action; all subsequent requests to petition for the same action within the petition period shall be considered as support for the original petition. The petition shall remain open for 5 days, at which time the ARIN Staff shall determine if the petition succeeds (success requires expressions of petition support from at least 10 different people from 10 different organizations). A successful petition will result in a change of status for the policy proposal or draft policy as specified below. Staff and legal reviews will be conducted and published for draft policies placed on the AC docket by successful petitions. All draft policies successfully petitioned are presented for discussion at the next PPM by an individual chosen by the petition supporters. If consensus is not achieved in determining the presenter, then the President may facilitate the selection process. 2. Valid Petitions Petitions may be made regarding policy proposals or draft policies as described below. 2.1. Petition against Abandonment or Rejection due to out of scope The Advisory Council?s decision to abandon a policy proposal or draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council abandonment of a specific policy proposal or draft policy. For sake of clarity, the ?announcement date? of an action shall be the publication date of the action in the ARIN AC minutes. For a draft policy, a successful petition will result in the draft policy being placed back on the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. For a policy proposal rejected due to being out of scope of the PDP, a successful petition will result in the question of policy proposal being referred the ARIN Board for consideration. For a policy proposal otherwise abandoned, a successful petition will result in the policy proposal becoming a draft policy that will be placed on the AC docket and published for discussion and review by the community on the PPML. The resulting draft policy shall be under control of the AC going forward as any other draft policy and subsequently may be revised or abandoned per the normal policy development process. 2.2. Petition for Original Version The Advisory Council?s decision to revise a draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated anytime until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council revision or publication date of the draft agenda of the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). A successful petition will result in the original version of the draft policy being added to the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. 2.3. Last Call Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Last Call Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a PPM to send a draft policy to last call. If successful, the petition will move the draft policy to last call discussion and review by the community on the PPML. 2.4. Board of Trustees Consideration Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Board of Trustees Consideration Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a last call review. If successful, this petition will move the draft policy for consideration by the Board of Trustees. From scottleibrand at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 16:29:47 2011 From: scottleibrand at gmail.com (Scott Leibrand) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:29:47 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process In-Reply-To: <4E85FFBE.2000007@arin.net> References: <4E85FFBE.2000007@arin.net> Message-ID: Has Appendix A been published yet? I'd like to review the PDP flow diagram to better understand the timeline implications of part two sections 5 and 6. Thanks, Scott On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM, ARIN wrote: > ARIN is consulting with the community with regards to the attached Revised > Policy Development Process (PDP) for policy development in the ARIN region. > This revision to the PDP includes extensive restructuring of the material > for improved readability, and as such the use of change marking is not > possible. > > Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include: > > - Improved definition of the scope of the PDP process > - Clarified principles for good number resource policy > - Clarified Board criteria for ratification of developed policies > - Have added a role for the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) to performing an > initial review of each new policy proposal to confirm that it is in scope of > the PDP > - Have changed the process so all in-scope policy proposals become draft > policies upon successful initial review > - Have defined a single first-in/first-out flow control for AC Chair to > allow deferral of all incoming proposals if AC docket is overloaded > - Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any policy > action taken > - Provides for the AC to select the set of draft policies which are to be > presented in detail for discussion at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) > - Excludes ARIN Staff & Board from initiating or supporting petitions > - One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually > select the presenter of the draft policy at PPM > > There are three documents: Part 1 is the goals of the PDP, Part 2 is the > PDP itself, and Part 3 is the PDP Petition Process. > > 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 28 October 2011. ARIN > seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is > important. If you have any questions, please contact us at > info at arin.net. > > Regards, > > Communications and Member Services > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) > > > ## * ## > > > PART ONE ? ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOALS > > 1. Purpose > > This document describes the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP). The ARIN > PDP is the process by which policies for the management of Internet number > resources in the ARIN region are developed by the community. These Internet > number resource policies are developed in an open and transparent manner > that allows anyone to participate in the process. > > The PDP is designed to bring forth clear, technically sound and useful > policies for ARIN to use in the management and administration of Internet > number resources. To accomplish this goal, the PDP charges the > community-elected ARIN Advisory Council (AC) as the primary policy > development body with appropriate checks and balances on its performance in > that role. > > Part I of this document provides the underlying goals for the Policy > Development Process (including its purpose, scope, principles, and criteria > for policy changes) and Part II details the specific Policy Development > Process used for development of changes to Internet number resource policy. > Part III details the processes for petitioning specific aspects of the > Policy Development Process. > > 2. Definitions > > Internet Number Resources > Internet number resources consist of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) > address space, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address space, and > Autonomous System (AS) numbers. > > Policy Proposal > An idea for a policy that is submitted to the policy development process. > ARIN staff work with idea proposers to insure clarity of the policy > proposals, and the ARIN Advisory Council confirms the policy proposal is in > scope (per Section 3) of the Policy Development Process. > > Draft Policy > A policy proposal that is under active consideration by the Advisory > Council. A draft policy results from a policy proposal being accepted by > the Advisory Council for further development. The Advisory Council accepts > additional policy proposals when the AC Chair determines that the Advisory > Council has sufficient available resources to undertake additional > development work. > > Recommended Draft Policy > A draft policy that has been recommended for adoption by the Advisory > Council. Policies are recommended for adoption once the Advisory Council > determines the draft policy meets ARIN?s Principles of Internet number > resource policy as specified in Section 4. > > Adopted Policy > A policy that has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Adopted > policies are incorporated into the Network Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) > > Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) > The ARIN public mailing list for discussion of Internet number resource > policy. > > Public Policy Meeting (PPM) > ARIN meetings open to the public for discussion of Internet number resource > policy. > > Petition > An action initiated by any member of the community (including a proposal > originator) if they are dissatisfied with the action taken by the Advisory > Council regarding a specific policy proposal or draft policy. > > 3. Scope of Internet Number Resource Policies > > 3.1. Policies, not Processes, Fees, or Services > Internet number resource policies developed through the PDP describe the > policies and guidelines to be followed in number resource management, not > the procedures that ARIN staff will use to implement the policies. ARIN > staff develops appropriate procedures to implement policies after they are > adopted. > > Internet number resource policies are also distinctly separate from ARIN > general business practices. ARIN's general business processes, fees, and > services are not within the purview of the Policy Development Process, and > policies developed through the PDP cannot define or establish ARIN fees or > service offerings. All matters concerning fees and service offerings are > part of the fiduciary responsibility of the Board of Trustees. Note that > the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ARIN ACSP) may be used to > propose changes in non-policy areas. > > 3.2. Relevant and applicable within the ARIN region > Policies developed through the PDP are community self-regulatory statements > that govern ARIN?s actions in the management of Internet number resources. > Policy statements must be applicable to some portion of the community or > number resources managed within the ARIN region, and proposals to change > policy must address a clearly defined and existing problem with number > resource policy in the region. > > Note that the policy development process for global policies follows a > similar process within each RIR region with the additional process of > ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers > (ICANN). The global policy development process is separately documented and > facilitated by the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). > > 4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy > > Internet Number resource policy recommended for adoption must satisfy three > important principles, specifically: 1) enabling fair and Impartial number > resource administration, 2) technically sound (providing for uniqueness and > usability of number resources), and 3) supported by the community. > > 4.1. Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration > Internet number resources must be managed with appropriate stewardship and > care. Internet number resource policy must conserve resources and provide > for fair and impartial distribution of resources according to unambiguous > processes and criteria. All policy statements must be clear, complete, and > concise, and any criteria that are defined in policy must be simple and > obtainable. Policies must be unambiguous and not subject to varying degrees > of interpretation. > > 4.2. Technically Sound > Policies for Internet number resources management must be evaluated for > soundness against three overarching technical requirements: conservation, > aggregation and registration. More specifically, policies for managing > Internet number resources must: > ? Support both conservation and efficient utilization of Internet > number resources to the extent feasible. Policy should maximize number > resource availability while respecting the significant cost to the Internet > community resulting from number resource depletion. > ? Support the aggregation of Internet number resources in a > hierarchical manner to the extent feasible. Policy should permit the > routing scalability that is necessary for continued Internet growth. (Note > that neither ARIN, nor its policies, can guarantee routability of any > particular Internet number resource as that is dependent on the actions of > the individual Internet operators.) > ? Support the unique registration of Internet number resources. > Policy should prevent to the extent feasible any duplicate use of Internet > number resources that would disrupt Internet communications. > The ARIN AC considers these requirements in assessing changes to policy and > only recommends those policies that achieve a technically sound balance of > these requirements. The ARIN AC documents its technical assessment for > consideration by the community. > > 4.3. Supported by the Community > Changes to policy must be shown to have a strong level of support in the > community in order to be adopted. The determination of support is most > commonly done after discussion of the draft policy at the Public Policy > Meeting (PPM) or via online poll after discussion on the Public Policy > Mailing List (PPML). > > A strong level of community support for a policy change does not mean > unanimous; it may be supported by only a subset of the community, as long as > the policy change enjoys substantially more support than opposition in the > community active in the discussion. Furthermore, any specific concerns > expressed by a significant portion of the community must have been > explicitly considered by the ARIN AC in their assessment of the policy > change. > > 5. ARIN Board Criteria for Policy Changes > > In order to maintain fidelity to the duty performed by ARIN on behalf of > the Internet community, changes to Internet resource numbering policy must > meet two specific criteria before being adopted by the ARIN Board of > Trustees: 1) in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission, and 2) developed > via open and transparent processes > > 5.1. In Compliance with Law and ARIN?s Mission > Policies developed through the PDP must advance ARIN?s mission, not create > unreasonable fiduciary or liability risk, and must be consistent with ARIN's > Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all applicable laws and regulations. > > 5.2. Developed by Open & Transparent Processes > Changes to policy must be developed via open and transparent processes that > provide for participation by all. Policies must be considered be in open, > publicly accessible forum as part of the adoption process. Policy > discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List > (PPML) and in the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). There are no qualifications > for participation other than following the specified rules of decorum > necessary for constructive discussion. Anyone interesting in participating > in the process may subscribe to the PPML and anyone interested may attend a > PPM in person or via remote participation methods. > > All aspects of the PDP are documented and publicly available via the ARIN > website. The PPML is archived. The proceedings of each PPM are published. > All policies are documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). All > draft policies are cross referenced to the original policy proposal, the > archives of the PPML, all related PPM proceedings, and the minutes of the > appropriate Advisory Council and the ARIN Board of Trustees meetings. The > procedures that are developed to implement the policy are documented, > publicly available, and followed by the ARIN staff. > > > PART TWO ? THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS > This section provides the details of the ARIN Policy Development Process. > All references to ?days? are business days unless otherwise specified. > > 1. The Policy Proposal > Policy proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development process by > anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN Board > of Trustees or the ARIN staff. Policy proposals may be submitted any time by > completing the online policy proposal form on the ARIN web site or by > sending text copy of the form to policy at arin.net. ARIN staff will work > with the originator as described below to prepare the policy proposal and > make it available for consideration by the Advisory Council. > > Upon receipt of a policy proposal form, the ARIN staff will work with the > proposal originator by providing feedback within 10 days regarding the > clarity and understanding of the proposal text. The merits of the policy > proposal itself are not evaluated at this time; the purpose of this step is > to insure that the proposal text will be clear and understandable to the > ARIN staff and community, and to receive any staff comments regarding > potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. > > The proposal originator may revise (or not) the proposal text based on the > feedback received, and when the originator indicates satisfaction with the > proposal text, the ARIN staff assigns it a policy proposal number, posts the > policy proposal to the public web site, and notifies the Advisory Council of > a new policy proposal available for initial evaluation. > > 2. Policy Proposal Initial Evaluation > The Advisory Council (AC) performs an initial evaluation of each policy > proposal in a timely manner to determine if the proposal is within scope of > the Policy Development Process. This will include consideration of comments > received from staff regarding potential scope considerations of the policy > proposal. Policy proposals which are determined by the Advisory Council to > be out of scope or clearly without merit may be rejected at this point, and > the Advisory Council announces the rejection of a policy proposal along with > an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. > > The Advisory Council maintains a docket of draft policies under active > development. Any policy proposals that are not rejected upon initial > evaluation shall become draft policies on its docket. The AC Chair may defer > initial evaluation of all new policy proposals if the Chair determines that > there are insufficient resources available for additional policy development > work. > > 3. Draft Policy Discussion and Development > The Advisory Council is responsible for the development of draft policies > on its docket to meet ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy > (as described in Part One of the PDP, Section 4). During this effort, the > Advisory Council participates in and encourages the discussion of the draft > policies on the PPML, notes the merits and concerns raised, and then based > on its understanding of the relevant issues, the Advisory Council may take > various actions including abandoning, revising or combining the draft policy > with other draft policies. > > The Advisory Council announces any actions taken on draft policies along > with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The explanation should > show a full consideration of the issues leading to the action.. The Advisory > Council (AC) may have specific AC members or members of the community > (including the proposal originator) collaborate in the consideration of the > discussion and preparation of actions for the Advisory Council, but only the > Advisory Council may revise, combine, or abandon a draft policy. > > The Advisory Council may submit a draft policy for a combined staff and > legal review (and should do so after significant changes to a draft policy). > This review will be completed within 10 days. Upon receipt of the staff and > legal review comments, the Advisory Council examines the comments to ensure > their understanding and resolve any issues that may have been raised. This > may cause the Advisory Council to revise, combine or abandon the draft > policy. > > 4. Community Discussion at Public Policy Meeting > The Advisory Council presents reports on the status of all the draft > policies on its docket at each public policy meeting (PPM). The list of > draft policies is set 20 days in advance of the PPM, and no action to add, > merge or abandon draft policies may be made after that point (In order to > provide for flexibility but insure discussion of a single draft policy > version at the PPM, minor revisions to draft policy text may be made by the > Advisory Council up until 10 days prior to the public policy meeting.) > > The AC Chair designates a list of Draft Policies for discussion and these > are specifically listed in the Draft PPM agenda. In each Draft Policy > presentation, members of the Advisory Council will present the arguments for > and against adoption of the Draft Policy (petitioned items at the PPM are > handled per PDP Section III: Petition Process) The Advisory Council > participates in the discussion of the draft policies at the PPM, and notes > merits and concerns raised in the discussion. > Within the 30 days following the Public Policy Meeting, the Advisory > Council reviews all draft policies and, taking into account the discussion > at the public policy meeting, decides the appropriate next action for each > one.. Draft policies that are not abandoned remain on the Advisory Council?s > docket for further development. > > 5. Advisory Council Consensus on Recommended Draft Policy > If the Advisory Council completes its work on a draft policy and believes > that the draft policy meets ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource > policy, it may recommend the draft policy to the community. Upon > recommendation, the recommended draft policy text and a current staff and > legal review are published on the PPML for community discussion. > > 6. Community Support on Recommended Draft Policy > The Advisory Council seeks community support for its recommended draft > policies, and this support may be ascertained by a show of hands at the > public policy meeting or an online poll of the community after 10 days prior > notice provided to PPML. > > The Advisory Council should carefully weigh the community support shown for > each of the recommended draft policies. Clear community opposition is a > strong indication that policy abandonment should be considered. A low level > of overall support without opposition for a recommend draft policy suggests > further discussion of the merits of the draft policy or abandonment. A clear > split in the community support suggests that the Advisory Council should > revise the draft policy to accommodate the concerns raised or further > explain its consideration of the matter. > > 7. Last Call > The Advisory Council selects recommended draft policies that have the > support of the community and sends these policies to a last call for review > and discussion by the community on the PPML. The last call period will be > for a minimum of 10 days. The Advisory Council may decide that certain draft > policies require a longer last call period of review (such as those that > were revised based on comments received during the public policy meeting). > If the Advisory Council sends a draft policy different than the recommended > draft policy, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all > changes to the text. > > Within 30 days of the end of last call the Advisory Council will review the > result of last call discussion, and will determine readiness for > consideration by the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Council may forward a > draft policy directly to the Board of Trustees only if minor, > non-substantive changes were made as a result of last call discussion. Any > other changes require that the recommended policy be sent again to last > call, or held on the docket as a draft policy for further development. The > AC can also decide to abandon a draft policy at this point. > > The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for > them, are announced to the PPML. The Advisory Council forwards the > recommended draft policies to the Board of Trustees for adoption. > > 9. Board of Trustees Review > The ARIN Board of Trustees reviews and evaluates each recommended draft > policy at their next meeting. In its review, the Board evaluates the policy > with respect to the Policy Development Goals as described in Part One of the > PDP including specifically whether the ARIN Policy Development Process has > been followed, and whether the policy is in compliance with law and ARIN?s > mission. > > The Board may adopt, reject or remand recommended policies to the Advisory > Council. All rejections will include an explanation. Remands will include > an explanation and suggestions for further development. The Board may also > seek clarification from the Advisory Council without remanding the > recommended policy. The results of the Board's decision are announced to the > PPML. > > 10. Implementation > The projected implementation date of the policy is announced at the time > that adoption of the policy is announced. ARIN staff updates the NRPM to > include the adopted policy and implements and publishes a new version of the > manual. > > 11. Special Policy Actions > 11.1 Emergency PDP > If urgently necessary pursuant to ARIN?s mission, the Board of Trustees may > initiate policy by declaring an emergency and posting a draft policy to the > PPML for discussion for a minimum of 10 business days. The Advisory Council > will review the draft policy within 5 days of the end of the discussion > period and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. If the Board of > Trustees adopts the policy, it will be presented at the next public policy > meeting for reconsideration. > > 11.2 Policy Suspension > If, after a policy has been adopted, the Board receives credible > information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause > significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees > may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the Advisory > Council on how to proceed. The recommendation of the Advisory Council will > be published for discussion on the PPML for a period of at least 10 days. > The Board of Trustees will review the Advisory Council's recommendation and > the PPML discussion. If suspended, the policy will be presented at the next > scheduled public policy meeting in accordance with the procedures outlined > in this document. > > > PART THREE ? PDP PETITION PROCESS > This section provides the details of the petitions within the Policy > Development Process. Petitions can be made at points where decisions are > made in the policy process. Points where petitions are available are > depicted on the main PDP flow diagram in Appendix A. All days in the > process below are business days unless otherwise specified. > > 1. Petition Principles > > 1.1 Available to the community > Any member of the community may initiate a Petition if they are > dissatisfied with a specific action taken by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) > regarding any policy proposal or draft policy. The petitioner does not have > to be located in the ARIN region or associated with an organization that is > a Member of ARIN; any party (including a policy proposal originator) with > interest in policy development matters within the ARIN region may initiate a > petition. > > Notwithstanding the above, ARIN Staff and ARIN Board members may not > initiate or be counted in support of petitions as these individuals already > have a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process. > > 1.2 Petition Initiation and Process > > A petition may be initiated by sending an email message to the ARIN Public > Policy Mailing List (PPML) clearly requesting a petition against a specific > action and includes a statement to the community on why the petition is > warranted. The ARIN Staff will confirm the validity of the petition and > then announce the start of the petition period on the PPML mailing list. > > Until the close of the petition period, Members of the community (as > allowed to petition per 1.1 above) may be counted in support for an existing > petition by sending an email message to the PPML clearly stating their > support for the petition. Only one petition will be considered for given > policy action; all subsequent requests to petition for the same action > within the petition period shall be considered as support for the original > petition. > > The petition shall remain open for 5 days, at which time the ARIN Staff > shall determine if the petition succeeds (success requires expressions of > petition support from at least 10 different people from 10 different > organizations). A successful petition will result in a change of status for > the policy proposal or draft policy as specified below. > Staff and legal reviews will be conducted and published for draft policies > placed on the AC docket by successful petitions. > All draft policies successfully petitioned are presented for discussion at > the next PPM by an individual chosen by the petition supporters. If > consensus is not achieved in determining the presenter, then the President > may facilitate the selection process. > > 2. Valid Petitions > Petitions may be made regarding policy proposals or draft policies as > described below. > > 2.1. Petition against Abandonment or Rejection due to out of scope > The Advisory Council?s decision to abandon a policy proposal or draft > policy may be petitioned. > > Petitions may be initiated until 5 days following the announcement date of > an Advisory Council abandonment of a specific policy proposal or draft > policy. For sake of clarity, the ?announcement date? of an action shall be > the publication date of the action in the ARIN AC minutes. > > For a draft policy, a successful petition will result in the draft policy > being placed back on the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at > the next PPM. > > For a policy proposal rejected due to being out of scope of the PDP, a > successful petition will result in the question of policy proposal being > referred the ARIN Board for consideration. > > For a policy proposal otherwise abandoned, a successful petition will > result in the policy proposal becoming a draft policy that will be placed on > the AC docket and published for discussion and review by the community on > the PPML. The resulting draft policy shall be under control of the AC going > forward as any other draft policy and subsequently may be revised or > abandoned per the normal policy development process. > > 2.2. Petition for Original Version > The Advisory Council?s decision to revise a draft policy may be petitioned. > > Petitions may be initiated anytime until 5 days following the announcement > date of an Advisory Council revision or publication date of the draft agenda > of the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). > > A successful petition will result in the original version of the draft > policy being added to the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at > the next PPM. > > 2.3. Last Call Petition > Any member of the community may initiate a Last Call Petition if they are > dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a PPM to send > a draft policy to last call. If successful, the petition will move the draft > policy to last call discussion and review by the community on the PPML. > > 2.4. Board of Trustees Consideration Petition > Any member of the community may initiate a Board of Trustees Consideration > Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 > days after a last call review. If successful, this petition will move the > draft policy for consideration by the Board of Trustees. > > ______________________________**_________________ > ARIN-Consult > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN > Consult Mailing > List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/**listinfo/arin-consultPlease contact the ARIN Member Services > Help Desk at info at arin.net if you experience any issues. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jcurran at arin.net Fri Sep 30 16:37:19 2011 From: jcurran at arin.net (John Curran) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:37:19 +0000 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process In-Reply-To: References: <4E85FFBE.2000007@arin.net> Message-ID: <7FEBF697-93AC-4882-A6A2-DE09D2600839@corp.arin.net> Scott - We haven't done a flow diagram since we wanted feedback on the process from the community first (which may alter the flow as a result) Is the proposed process text insufficiently clear without a diagram? /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote: Has Appendix A been published yet? I'd like to review the PDP flow diagram to better understand the timeline implications of part two sections 5 and 6. Thanks, Scott On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM, ARIN > wrote: ARIN is consulting with the community with regards to the attached Revised Policy Development Process (PDP) for policy development in the ARIN region. This revision to the PDP includes extensive restructuring of the material for improved readability, and as such the use of change marking is not possible. Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include: - Improved definition of the scope of the PDP process - Clarified principles for good number resource policy - Clarified Board criteria for ratification of developed policies - Have added a role for the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) to performing an initial review of each new policy proposal to confirm that it is in scope of the PDP - Have changed the process so all in-scope policy proposals become draft policies upon successful initial review - Have defined a single first-in/first-out flow control for AC Chair to allow deferral of all incoming proposals if AC docket is overloaded - Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any policy action taken - Provides for the AC to select the set of draft policies which are to be presented in detail for discussion at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) - Excludes ARIN Staff & Board from initiating or supporting petitions - One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually select the presenter of the draft policy at PPM There are three documents: Part 1 is the goals of the PDP, Part 2 is the PDP itself, and Part 3 is the PDP Petition Process. 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 28 October 2011. ARIN seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is important. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) ## * ## PART ONE ? ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOALS 1. Purpose This document describes the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP). The ARIN PDP is the process by which policies for the management of Internet number resources in the ARIN region are developed by the community. These Internet number resource policies are developed in an open and transparent manner that allows anyone to participate in the process. The PDP is designed to bring forth clear, technically sound and useful policies for ARIN to use in the management and administration of Internet number resources. To accomplish this goal, the PDP charges the community-elected ARIN Advisory Council (AC) as the primary policy development body with appropriate checks and balances on its performance in that role. Part I of this document provides the underlying goals for the Policy Development Process (including its purpose, scope, principles, and criteria for policy changes) and Part II details the specific Policy Development Process used for development of changes to Internet number resource policy. Part III details the processes for petitioning specific aspects of the Policy Development Process. 2. Definitions Internet Number Resources Internet number resources consist of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address space, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address space, and Autonomous System (AS) numbers. Policy Proposal An idea for a policy that is submitted to the policy development process. ARIN staff work with idea proposers to insure clarity of the policy proposals, and the ARIN Advisory Council confirms the policy proposal is in scope (per Section 3) of the Policy Development Process. Draft Policy A policy proposal that is under active consideration by the Advisory Council. A draft policy results from a policy proposal being accepted by the Advisory Council for further development. The Advisory Council accepts additional policy proposals when the AC Chair determines that the Advisory Council has sufficient available resources to undertake additional development work. Recommended Draft Policy A draft policy that has been recommended for adoption by the Advisory Council. Policies are recommended for adoption once the Advisory Council determines the draft policy meets ARIN?s Principles of Internet number resource policy as specified in Section 4. Adopted Policy A policy that has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Adopted policies are incorporated into the Network Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) The ARIN public mailing list for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Public Policy Meeting (PPM) ARIN meetings open to the public for discussion of Internet number resource policy. Petition An action initiated by any member of the community (including a proposal originator) if they are dissatisfied with the action taken by the Advisory Council regarding a specific policy proposal or draft policy. 3. Scope of Internet Number Resource Policies 3.1. Policies, not Processes, Fees, or Services Internet number resource policies developed through the PDP describe the policies and guidelines to be followed in number resource management, not the procedures that ARIN staff will use to implement the policies. ARIN staff develops appropriate procedures to implement policies after they are adopted. Internet number resource policies are also distinctly separate from ARIN general business practices. ARIN's general business processes, fees, and services are not within the purview of the Policy Development Process, and policies developed through the PDP cannot define or establish ARIN fees or service offerings. All matters concerning fees and service offerings are part of the fiduciary responsibility of the Board of Trustees. Note that the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ARIN ACSP) may be used to propose changes in non-policy areas. 3.2. Relevant and applicable within the ARIN region Policies developed through the PDP are community self-regulatory statements that govern ARIN?s actions in the management of Internet number resources. Policy statements must be applicable to some portion of the community or number resources managed within the ARIN region, and proposals to change policy must address a clearly defined and existing problem with number resource policy in the region. Note that the policy development process for global policies follows a similar process within each RIR region with the additional process of ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The global policy development process is separately documented and facilitated by the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). 4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy Internet Number resource policy recommended for adoption must satisfy three important principles, specifically: 1) enabling fair and Impartial number resource administration, 2) technically sound (providing for uniqueness and usability of number resources), and 3) supported by the community. 4.1. Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration Internet number resources must be managed with appropriate stewardship and care. Internet number resource policy must conserve resources and provide for fair and impartial distribution of resources according to unambiguous processes and criteria. All policy statements must be clear, complete, and concise, and any criteria that are defined in policy must be simple and obtainable. Policies must be unambiguous and not subject to varying degrees of interpretation. 4.2. Technically Sound Policies for Internet number resources management must be evaluated for soundness against three overarching technical requirements: conservation, aggregation and registration. More specifically, policies for managing Internet number resources must: ? Support both conservation and efficient utilization of Internet number resources to the extent feasible. Policy should maximize number resource availability while respecting the significant cost to the Internet community resulting from number resource depletion. ? Support the aggregation of Internet number resources in a hierarchical manner to the extent feasible. Policy should permit the routing scalability that is necessary for continued Internet growth. (Note that neither ARIN, nor its policies, can guarantee routability of any particular Internet number resource as that is dependent on the actions of the individual Internet operators.) ? Support the unique registration of Internet number resources. Policy should prevent to the extent feasible any duplicate use of Internet number resources that would disrupt Internet communications. The ARIN AC considers these requirements in assessing changes to policy and only recommends those policies that achieve a technically sound balance of these requirements. The ARIN AC documents its technical assessment for consideration by the community. 4.3. Supported by the Community Changes to policy must be shown to have a strong level of support in the community in order to be adopted. The determination of support is most commonly done after discussion of the draft policy at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) or via online poll after discussion on the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML). A strong level of community support for a policy change does not mean unanimous; it may be supported by only a subset of the community, as long as the policy change enjoys substantially more support than opposition in the community active in the discussion. Furthermore, any specific concerns expressed by a significant portion of the community must have been explicitly considered by the ARIN AC in their assessment of the policy change. 5. ARIN Board Criteria for Policy Changes In order to maintain fidelity to the duty performed by ARIN on behalf of the Internet community, changes to Internet resource numbering policy must meet two specific criteria before being adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees: 1) in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission, and 2) developed via open and transparent processes 5.1. In Compliance with Law and ARIN?s Mission Policies developed through the PDP must advance ARIN?s mission, not create unreasonable fiduciary or liability risk, and must be consistent with ARIN's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all applicable laws and regulations. 5.2. Developed by Open & Transparent Processes Changes to policy must be developed via open and transparent processes that provide for participation by all. Policies must be considered be in open, publicly accessible forum as part of the adoption process. Policy discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List (PPML) and in the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). There are no qualifications for participation other than following the specified rules of decorum necessary for constructive discussion. Anyone interesting in participating in the process may subscribe to the PPML and anyone interested may attend a PPM in person or via remote participation methods. All aspects of the PDP are documented and publicly available via the ARIN website. The PPML is archived. The proceedings of each PPM are published. All policies are documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). All draft policies are cross referenced to the original policy proposal, the archives of the PPML, all related PPM proceedings, and the minutes of the appropriate Advisory Council and the ARIN Board of Trustees meetings. The procedures that are developed to implement the policy are documented, publicly available, and followed by the ARIN staff. PART TWO ? THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS This section provides the details of the ARIN Policy Development Process. All references to ?days? are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. The Policy Proposal Policy proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development process by anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN Board of Trustees or the ARIN staff. Policy proposals may be submitted any time by completing the online policy proposal form on the ARIN web site or by sending text copy of the form to policy at arin.net. ARIN staff will work with the originator as described below to prepare the policy proposal and make it available for consideration by the Advisory Council. Upon receipt of a policy proposal form, the ARIN staff will work with the proposal originator by providing feedback within 10 days regarding the clarity and understanding of the proposal text. The merits of the policy proposal itself are not evaluated at this time; the purpose of this step is to insure that the proposal text will be clear and understandable to the ARIN staff and community, and to receive any staff comments regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. The proposal originator may revise (or not) the proposal text based on the feedback received, and when the originator indicates satisfaction with the proposal text, the ARIN staff assigns it a policy proposal number, posts the policy proposal to the public web site, and notifies the Advisory Council of a new policy proposal available for initial evaluation. 2. Policy Proposal Initial Evaluation The Advisory Council (AC) performs an initial evaluation of each policy proposal in a timely manner to determine if the proposal is within scope of the Policy Development Process. This will include consideration of comments received from staff regarding potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. Policy proposals which are determined by the Advisory Council to be out of scope or clearly without merit may be rejected at this point, and the Advisory Council announces the rejection of a policy proposal along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The Advisory Council maintains a docket of draft policies under active development. Any policy proposals that are not rejected upon initial evaluation shall become draft policies on its docket. The AC Chair may defer initial evaluation of all new policy proposals if the Chair determines that there are insufficient resources available for additional policy development work. 3. Draft Policy Discussion and Development The Advisory Council is responsible for the development of draft policies on its docket to meet ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy (as described in Part One of the PDP, Section 4). During this effort, the Advisory Council participates in and encourages the discussion of the draft policies on the PPML, notes the merits and concerns raised, and then based on its understanding of the relevant issues, the Advisory Council may take various actions including abandoning, revising or combining the draft policy with other draft policies. The Advisory Council announces any actions taken on draft policies along with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The explanation should show a full consideration of the issues leading to the action.. The Advisory Council (AC) may have specific AC members or members of the community (including the proposal originator) collaborate in the consideration of the discussion and preparation of actions for the Advisory Council, but only the Advisory Council may revise, combine, or abandon a draft policy. The Advisory Council may submit a draft policy for a combined staff and legal review (and should do so after significant changes to a draft policy). This review will be completed within 10 days. Upon receipt of the staff and legal review comments, the Advisory Council examines the comments to ensure their understanding and resolve any issues that may have been raised. This may cause the Advisory Council to revise, combine or abandon the draft policy. 4. Community Discussion at Public Policy Meeting The Advisory Council presents reports on the status of all the draft policies on its docket at each public policy meeting (PPM). The list of draft policies is set 20 days in advance of the PPM, and no action to add, merge or abandon draft policies may be made after that point (In order to provide for flexibility but insure discussion of a single draft policy version at the PPM, minor revisions to draft policy text may be made by the Advisory Council up until 10 days prior to the public policy meeting.) The AC Chair designates a list of Draft Policies for discussion and these are specifically listed in the Draft PPM agenda. In each Draft Policy presentation, members of the Advisory Council will present the arguments for and against adoption of the Draft Policy (petitioned items at the PPM are handled per PDP Section III: Petition Process) The Advisory Council participates in the discussion of the draft policies at the PPM, and notes merits and concerns raised in the discussion. Within the 30 days following the Public Policy Meeting, the Advisory Council reviews all draft policies and, taking into account the discussion at the public policy meeting, decides the appropriate next action for each one.. Draft policies that are not abandoned remain on the Advisory Council?s docket for further development. 5. Advisory Council Consensus on Recommended Draft Policy If the Advisory Council completes its work on a draft policy and believes that the draft policy meets ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy, it may recommend the draft policy to the community. Upon recommendation, the recommended draft policy text and a current staff and legal review are published on the PPML for community discussion. 6. Community Support on Recommended Draft Policy The Advisory Council seeks community support for its recommended draft policies, and this support may be ascertained by a show of hands at the public policy meeting or an online poll of the community after 10 days prior notice provided to PPML. The Advisory Council should carefully weigh the community support shown for each of the recommended draft policies. Clear community opposition is a strong indication that policy abandonment should be considered. A low level of overall support without opposition for a recommend draft policy suggests further discussion of the merits of the draft policy or abandonment. A clear split in the community support suggests that the Advisory Council should revise the draft policy to accommodate the concerns raised or further explain its consideration of the matter. 7. Last Call The Advisory Council selects recommended draft policies that have the support of the community and sends these policies to a last call for review and discussion by the community on the PPML. The last call period will be for a minimum of 10 days. The Advisory Council may decide that certain draft policies require a longer last call period of review (such as those that were revised based on comments received during the public policy meeting). If the Advisory Council sends a draft policy different than the recommended draft policy, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all changes to the text. Within 30 days of the end of last call the Advisory Council will review the result of last call discussion, and will determine readiness for consideration by the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Council may forward a draft policy directly to the Board of Trustees only if minor, non-substantive changes were made as a result of last call discussion. Any other changes require that the recommended policy be sent again to last call, or held on the docket as a draft policy for further development. The AC can also decide to abandon a draft policy at this point. The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for them, are announced to the PPML. The Advisory Council forwards the recommended draft policies to the Board of Trustees for adoption. 9. Board of Trustees Review The ARIN Board of Trustees reviews and evaluates each recommended draft policy at their next meeting. In its review, the Board evaluates the policy with respect to the Policy Development Goals as described in Part One of the PDP including specifically whether the ARIN Policy Development Process has been followed, and whether the policy is in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission. The Board may adopt, reject or remand recommended policies to the Advisory Council. All rejections will include an explanation. Remands will include an explanation and suggestions for further development. The Board may also seek clarification from the Advisory Council without remanding the recommended policy. The results of the Board's decision are announced to the PPML. 10. Implementation The projected implementation date of the policy is announced at the time that adoption of the policy is announced. ARIN staff updates the NRPM to include the adopted policy and implements and publishes a new version of the manual. 11. Special Policy Actions 11.1 Emergency PDP If urgently necessary pursuant to ARIN?s mission, the Board of Trustees may initiate policy by declaring an emergency and posting a draft policy to the PPML for discussion for a minimum of 10 business days. The Advisory Council will review the draft policy within 5 days of the end of the discussion period and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. If the Board of Trustees adopts the policy, it will be presented at the next public policy meeting for reconsideration. 11.2 Policy Suspension If, after a policy has been adopted, the Board receives credible information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the Advisory Council on how to proceed. The recommendation of the Advisory Council will be published for discussion on the PPML for a period of at least 10 days. The Board of Trustees will review the Advisory Council's recommendation and the PPML discussion. If suspended, the policy will be presented at the next scheduled public policy meeting in accordance with the procedures outlined in this document. PART THREE ? PDP PETITION PROCESS This section provides the details of the petitions within the Policy Development Process. Petitions can be made at points where decisions are made in the policy process. Points where petitions are available are depicted on the main PDP flow diagram in Appendix A. All days in the process below are business days unless otherwise specified. 1. Petition Principles 1.1 Available to the community Any member of the community may initiate a Petition if they are dissatisfied with a specific action taken by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) regarding any policy proposal or draft policy. The petitioner does not have to be located in the ARIN region or associated with an organization that is a Member of ARIN; any party (including a policy proposal originator) with interest in policy development matters within the ARIN region may initiate a petition. Notwithstanding the above, ARIN Staff and ARIN Board members may not initiate or be counted in support of petitions as these individuals already have a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process. 1.2 Petition Initiation and Process A petition may be initiated by sending an email message to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) clearly requesting a petition against a specific action and includes a statement to the community on why the petition is warranted. The ARIN Staff will confirm the validity of the petition and then announce the start of the petition period on the PPML mailing list. Until the close of the petition period, Members of the community (as allowed to petition per 1.1 above) may be counted in support for an existing petition by sending an email message to the PPML clearly stating their support for the petition. Only one petition will be considered for given policy action; all subsequent requests to petition for the same action within the petition period shall be considered as support for the original petition. The petition shall remain open for 5 days, at which time the ARIN Staff shall determine if the petition succeeds (success requires expressions of petition support from at least 10 different people from 10 different organizations). A successful petition will result in a change of status for the policy proposal or draft policy as specified below. Staff and legal reviews will be conducted and published for draft policies placed on the AC docket by successful petitions. All draft policies successfully petitioned are presented for discussion at the next PPM by an individual chosen by the petition supporters. If consensus is not achieved in determining the presenter, then the President may facilitate the selection process. 2. Valid Petitions Petitions may be made regarding policy proposals or draft policies as described below. 2.1. Petition against Abandonment or Rejection due to out of scope The Advisory Council?s decision to abandon a policy proposal or draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council abandonment of a specific policy proposal or draft policy. For sake of clarity, the ?announcement date? of an action shall be the publication date of the action in the ARIN AC minutes. For a draft policy, a successful petition will result in the draft policy being placed back on the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. For a policy proposal rejected due to being out of scope of the PDP, a successful petition will result in the question of policy proposal being referred the ARIN Board for consideration. For a policy proposal otherwise abandoned, a successful petition will result in the policy proposal becoming a draft policy that will be placed on the AC docket and published for discussion and review by the community on the PPML. The resulting draft policy shall be under control of the AC going forward as any other draft policy and subsequently may be revised or abandoned per the normal policy development process. 2.2. Petition for Original Version The Advisory Council?s decision to revise a draft policy may be petitioned. Petitions may be initiated anytime until 5 days following the announcement date of an Advisory Council revision or publication date of the draft agenda of the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). A successful petition will result in the original version of the draft policy being added to the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at the next PPM. 2.3. Last Call Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Last Call Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a PPM to send a draft policy to last call. If successful, the petition will move the draft policy to last call discussion and review by the community on the PPML. 2.4. Board of Trustees Consideration Petition Any member of the community may initiate a Board of Trustees Consideration Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a last call review. If successful, this petition will move the draft policy for consideration by the Board of Trustees. _______________________________________________ ARIN-Consult You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Consult Mailing List (ARIN-consult at arin.net). 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URL: From scottleibrand at gmail.com Fri Sep 30 16:54:27 2011 From: scottleibrand at gmail.com (Scott Leibrand) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:54:27 -0700 Subject: [ARIN-consult] Proposed Revision to the ARIN Policy Development Process In-Reply-To: <7FEBF697-93AC-4882-A6A2-DE09D2600839@corp.arin.net> References: <4E85FFBE.2000007@arin.net> <7FEBF697-93AC-4882-A6A2-DE09D2600839@corp.arin.net> Message-ID: Ok. It's not so much unclear as to open-ended as to the sequencing of steps 4, 5, 6 and 7 against the PPM. Let me outline a few examples of different ways we might want to proceed, which I believe are all allowed by the proposed process: - A month or so before the PPM, the AC recommends a draft policy to the community. It is designated for discussion at the PPM, and afterward a show of hands is done, and based on near-unanimous support, the AC sends it to last call at their next meeting. - A particular draft policy has not been recommended by the AC, but is designated for discussion at the PPM. Afterwards a show of hands is done, and based on near-unanimous support, the AC recommends the draft policy for adoption and sends it to last call at their next meeting. - A particular draft policy has not been recommended by the AC, but is designated for discussion at the PPM. Afterwards a show of hands is done, and there is a clear lack of support for the policy text as written, but a clear direction on fixing a few issues with the draft policy. The AC fixes those issues, and then initiates an online poll of the community after 10 days prior notice provided to PPML. The poll indicates the community is fine with the revised version, so the AC recommends the draft policy for adoption and sends it to last call at their next meeting. - A particular draft policy has not been recommended by the AC, but is designated for discussion at the PPM. Afterwards a show of hands is done, and there is a clear lack of support for the policy text as written, but a clear direction on fixing a few issues with the draft policy. The AC fixes those issues and recommends the draft policy for adoption, and then initiates an online poll of the community after 10 days prior notice provided to PPML. The poll indicates the community is fine with the revised version, so the AC sends it to last call at their next meeting. Can you comment on whether those are all acceptable paths through the proposed PDP? Is there any preference in the proposed PDP regarding in which order the various steps occur? Thanks, Scott On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:37 PM, John Curran wrote: > Scott - > > We haven't done a flow diagram since we wanted feedback on the process > from the community first (which may alter the flow as a result) > > Is the proposed process text insufficiently clear without a diagram? > > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > On Sep 30, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote: > > Has Appendix A been published yet? I'd like to review the PDP flow > diagram to better understand the timeline implications of part two sections > 5 and 6. > > Thanks, > Scott > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:43 AM, ARIN wrote: > >> ARIN is consulting with the community with regards to the attached Revised >> Policy Development Process (PDP) for policy development in the ARIN region. >> This revision to the PDP includes extensive restructuring of the material >> for improved readability, and as such the use of change marking is not >> possible. >> >> Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include: >> >> - Improved definition of the scope of the PDP process >> - Clarified principles for good number resource policy >> - Clarified Board criteria for ratification of developed policies >> - Have added a role for the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) to performing an >> initial review of each new policy proposal to confirm that it is in scope of >> the PDP >> - Have changed the process so all in-scope policy proposals become draft >> policies upon successful initial review >> - Have defined a single first-in/first-out flow control for AC Chair to >> allow deferral of all incoming proposals if AC docket is overloaded >> - Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any >> policy action taken >> - Provides for the AC to select the set of draft policies which are to be >> presented in detail for discussion at the Public Policy Meeting (PPM) >> - Excludes ARIN Staff & Board from initiating or supporting petitions >> - One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually >> select the presenter of the draft policy at PPM >> >> There are three documents: Part 1 is the goals of the PDP, Part 2 is the >> PDP itself, and Part 3 is the PDP Petition Process. >> >> 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 28 October 2011. ARIN >> seeks clear direction through community input, so your feedback is >> important. If you have any questions, please contact us at >> info at arin.net. >> >> Regards, >> >> Communications and Member Services >> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) >> >> >> ## * ## >> >> >> PART ONE ? ARIN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOALS >> >> 1. Purpose >> >> This document describes the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP). The >> ARIN PDP is the process by which policies for the management of Internet >> number resources in the ARIN region are developed by the community. These >> Internet number resource policies are developed in an open and transparent >> manner that allows anyone to participate in the process. >> >> The PDP is designed to bring forth clear, technically sound and useful >> policies for ARIN to use in the management and administration of Internet >> number resources. To accomplish this goal, the PDP charges the >> community-elected ARIN Advisory Council (AC) as the primary policy >> development body with appropriate checks and balances on its performance in >> that role. >> >> Part I of this document provides the underlying goals for the Policy >> Development Process (including its purpose, scope, principles, and criteria >> for policy changes) and Part II details the specific Policy Development >> Process used for development of changes to Internet number resource policy. >> Part III details the processes for petitioning specific aspects of the >> Policy Development Process. >> >> 2. Definitions >> >> Internet Number Resources >> Internet number resources consist of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) >> address space, Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address space, and >> Autonomous System (AS) numbers. >> >> Policy Proposal >> An idea for a policy that is submitted to the policy development process. >> ARIN staff work with idea proposers to insure clarity of the policy >> proposals, and the ARIN Advisory Council confirms the policy proposal is in >> scope (per Section 3) of the Policy Development Process. >> >> Draft Policy >> A policy proposal that is under active consideration by the Advisory >> Council. A draft policy results from a policy proposal being accepted by >> the Advisory Council for further development. The Advisory Council accepts >> additional policy proposals when the AC Chair determines that the Advisory >> Council has sufficient available resources to undertake additional >> development work. >> >> Recommended Draft Policy >> A draft policy that has been recommended for adoption by the Advisory >> Council. Policies are recommended for adoption once the Advisory Council >> determines the draft policy meets ARIN?s Principles of Internet number >> resource policy as specified in Section 4. >> >> Adopted Policy >> A policy that has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees. Adopted >> policies are incorporated into the Network Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) >> >> Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) >> The ARIN public mailing list for discussion of Internet number resource >> policy. >> >> Public Policy Meeting (PPM) >> ARIN meetings open to the public for discussion of Internet number >> resource policy. >> >> Petition >> An action initiated by any member of the community (including a proposal >> originator) if they are dissatisfied with the action taken by the Advisory >> Council regarding a specific policy proposal or draft policy. >> >> 3. Scope of Internet Number Resource Policies >> >> 3.1. Policies, not Processes, Fees, or Services >> Internet number resource policies developed through the PDP describe the >> policies and guidelines to be followed in number resource management, not >> the procedures that ARIN staff will use to implement the policies. ARIN >> staff develops appropriate procedures to implement policies after they are >> adopted. >> >> Internet number resource policies are also distinctly separate from ARIN >> general business practices. ARIN's general business processes, fees, and >> services are not within the purview of the Policy Development Process, and >> policies developed through the PDP cannot define or establish ARIN fees or >> service offerings. All matters concerning fees and service offerings are >> part of the fiduciary responsibility of the Board of Trustees. Note that >> the ARIN Consultation and Suggestion Process (ARIN ACSP) may be used to >> propose changes in non-policy areas. >> >> 3.2. Relevant and applicable within the ARIN region >> Policies developed through the PDP are community self-regulatory >> statements that govern ARIN?s actions in the management of Internet number >> resources. Policy statements must be applicable to some portion of the >> community or number resources managed within the ARIN region, and proposals >> to change policy must address a clearly defined and existing problem with >> number resource policy in the region. >> >> Note that the policy development process for global policies follows a >> similar process within each RIR region with the additional process of >> ratification by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers >> (ICANN). The global policy development process is separately documented and >> facilitated by the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). >> >> 4. Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy >> >> Internet Number resource policy recommended for adoption must satisfy >> three important principles, specifically: 1) enabling fair and Impartial >> number resource administration, 2) technically sound (providing for >> uniqueness and usability of number resources), and 3) supported by the >> community. >> >> 4.1. Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration >> Internet number resources must be managed with appropriate stewardship and >> care. Internet number resource policy must conserve resources and provide >> for fair and impartial distribution of resources according to unambiguous >> processes and criteria. All policy statements must be clear, complete, and >> concise, and any criteria that are defined in policy must be simple and >> obtainable. Policies must be unambiguous and not subject to varying degrees >> of interpretation. >> >> 4.2. Technically Sound >> Policies for Internet number resources management must be evaluated for >> soundness against three overarching technical requirements: conservation, >> aggregation and registration. More specifically, policies for managing >> Internet number resources must: >> ? Support both conservation and efficient utilization of Internet >> number resources to the extent feasible. Policy should maximize number >> resource availability while respecting the significant cost to the Internet >> community resulting from number resource depletion. >> ? Support the aggregation of Internet number resources in a >> hierarchical manner to the extent feasible. Policy should permit the >> routing scalability that is necessary for continued Internet growth. (Note >> that neither ARIN, nor its policies, can guarantee routability of any >> particular Internet number resource as that is dependent on the actions of >> the individual Internet operators.) >> ? Support the unique registration of Internet number resources. >> Policy should prevent to the extent feasible any duplicate use of Internet >> number resources that would disrupt Internet communications. >> The ARIN AC considers these requirements in assessing changes to policy >> and only recommends those policies that achieve a technically sound balance >> of these requirements. The ARIN AC documents its technical assessment for >> consideration by the community. >> >> 4.3. Supported by the Community >> Changes to policy must be shown to have a strong level of support in the >> community in order to be adopted. The determination of support is most >> commonly done after discussion of the draft policy at the Public Policy >> Meeting (PPM) or via online poll after discussion on the Public Policy >> Mailing List (PPML). >> >> A strong level of community support for a policy change does not mean >> unanimous; it may be supported by only a subset of the community, as long as >> the policy change enjoys substantially more support than opposition in the >> community active in the discussion. Furthermore, any specific concerns >> expressed by a significant portion of the community must have been >> explicitly considered by the ARIN AC in their assessment of the policy >> change. >> >> 5. ARIN Board Criteria for Policy Changes >> >> In order to maintain fidelity to the duty performed by ARIN on behalf of >> the Internet community, changes to Internet resource numbering policy must >> meet two specific criteria before being adopted by the ARIN Board of >> Trustees: 1) in compliance with law and ARIN?s mission, and 2) developed >> via open and transparent processes >> >> 5.1. In Compliance with Law and ARIN?s Mission >> Policies developed through the PDP must advance ARIN?s mission, not create >> unreasonable fiduciary or liability risk, and must be consistent with ARIN's >> Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all applicable laws and regulations. >> >> 5.2. Developed by Open & Transparent Processes >> Changes to policy must be developed via open and transparent processes >> that provide for participation by all. Policies must be considered be in >> open, publicly accessible forum as part of the adoption process. Policy >> discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List >> (PPML) and in the Public Policy Meeting (PPM). There are no qualifications >> for participation other than following the specified rules of decorum >> necessary for constructive discussion. Anyone interesting in participating >> in the process may subscribe to the PPML and anyone interested may attend a >> PPM in person or via remote participation methods. >> >> All aspects of the PDP are documented and publicly available via the ARIN >> website. The PPML is archived. The proceedings of each PPM are published. >> All policies are documented in the Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM). All >> draft policies are cross referenced to the original policy proposal, the >> archives of the PPML, all related PPM proceedings, and the minutes of the >> appropriate Advisory Council and the ARIN Board of Trustees meetings. The >> procedures that are developed to implement the policy are documented, >> publicly available, and followed by the ARIN staff. >> >> >> PART TWO ? THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS >> This section provides the details of the ARIN Policy Development Process. >> All references to ?days? are business days unless otherwise specified. >> >> 1. The Policy Proposal >> Policy proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development process >> by anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN >> Board of Trustees or the ARIN staff. Policy proposals may be submitted any >> time by completing the online policy proposal form on the ARIN web site or >> by sending text copy of the form to policy at arin.net. ARIN staff will work >> with the originator as described below to prepare the policy proposal and >> make it available for consideration by the Advisory Council. >> >> Upon receipt of a policy proposal form, the ARIN staff will work with the >> proposal originator by providing feedback within 10 days regarding the >> clarity and understanding of the proposal text. The merits of the policy >> proposal itself are not evaluated at this time; the purpose of this step is >> to insure that the proposal text will be clear and understandable to the >> ARIN staff and community, and to receive any staff comments regarding >> potential scope considerations of the policy proposal. >> >> The proposal originator may revise (or not) the proposal text based on the >> feedback received, and when the originator indicates satisfaction with the >> proposal text, the ARIN staff assigns it a policy proposal number, posts the >> policy proposal to the public web site, and notifies the Advisory Council of >> a new policy proposal available for initial evaluation. >> >> 2. Policy Proposal Initial Evaluation >> The Advisory Council (AC) performs an initial evaluation of each policy >> proposal in a timely manner to determine if the proposal is within scope of >> the Policy Development Process. This will include consideration of comments >> received from staff regarding potential scope considerations of the policy >> proposal. Policy proposals which are determined by the Advisory Council to >> be out of scope or clearly without merit may be rejected at this point, and >> the Advisory Council announces the rejection of a policy proposal along with >> an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. >> >> The Advisory Council maintains a docket of draft policies under active >> development. Any policy proposals that are not rejected upon initial >> evaluation shall become draft policies on its docket. The AC Chair may defer >> initial evaluation of all new policy proposals if the Chair determines that >> there are insufficient resources available for additional policy development >> work. >> >> 3. Draft Policy Discussion and Development >> The Advisory Council is responsible for the development of draft policies >> on its docket to meet ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource policy >> (as described in Part One of the PDP, Section 4). During this effort, the >> Advisory Council participates in and encourages the discussion of the draft >> policies on the PPML, notes the merits and concerns raised, and then based >> on its understanding of the relevant issues, the Advisory Council may take >> various actions including abandoning, revising or combining the draft policy >> with other draft policies. >> >> The Advisory Council announces any actions taken on draft policies along >> with an explanation of its reasoning to the PPML. The explanation should >> show a full consideration of the issues leading to the action.. The Advisory >> Council (AC) may have specific AC members or members of the community >> (including the proposal originator) collaborate in the consideration of the >> discussion and preparation of actions for the Advisory Council, but only the >> Advisory Council may revise, combine, or abandon a draft policy. >> >> The Advisory Council may submit a draft policy for a combined staff and >> legal review (and should do so after significant changes to a draft policy). >> This review will be completed within 10 days. Upon receipt of the staff and >> legal review comments, the Advisory Council examines the comments to ensure >> their understanding and resolve any issues that may have been raised. This >> may cause the Advisory Council to revise, combine or abandon the draft >> policy. >> >> 4. Community Discussion at Public Policy Meeting >> The Advisory Council presents reports on the status of all the draft >> policies on its docket at each public policy meeting (PPM). The list of >> draft policies is set 20 days in advance of the PPM, and no action to add, >> merge or abandon draft policies may be made after that point (In order to >> provide for flexibility but insure discussion of a single draft policy >> version at the PPM, minor revisions to draft policy text may be made by the >> Advisory Council up until 10 days prior to the public policy meeting.) >> >> The AC Chair designates a list of Draft Policies for discussion and these >> are specifically listed in the Draft PPM agenda. In each Draft Policy >> presentation, members of the Advisory Council will present the arguments for >> and against adoption of the Draft Policy (petitioned items at the PPM are >> handled per PDP Section III: Petition Process) The Advisory Council >> participates in the discussion of the draft policies at the PPM, and notes >> merits and concerns raised in the discussion. >> Within the 30 days following the Public Policy Meeting, the Advisory >> Council reviews all draft policies and, taking into account the discussion >> at the public policy meeting, decides the appropriate next action for each >> one.. Draft policies that are not abandoned remain on the Advisory Council?s >> docket for further development. >> >> 5. Advisory Council Consensus on Recommended Draft Policy >> If the Advisory Council completes its work on a draft policy and believes >> that the draft policy meets ARIN?s principles of Internet number resource >> policy, it may recommend the draft policy to the community. Upon >> recommendation, the recommended draft policy text and a current staff and >> legal review are published on the PPML for community discussion. >> >> 6. Community Support on Recommended Draft Policy >> The Advisory Council seeks community support for its recommended draft >> policies, and this support may be ascertained by a show of hands at the >> public policy meeting or an online poll of the community after 10 days prior >> notice provided to PPML. >> >> The Advisory Council should carefully weigh the community support shown >> for each of the recommended draft policies. Clear community opposition is a >> strong indication that policy abandonment should be considered. A low level >> of overall support without opposition for a recommend draft policy suggests >> further discussion of the merits of the draft policy or abandonment. A clear >> split in the community support suggests that the Advisory Council should >> revise the draft policy to accommodate the concerns raised or further >> explain its consideration of the matter. >> >> 7. Last Call >> The Advisory Council selects recommended draft policies that have the >> support of the community and sends these policies to a last call for review >> and discussion by the community on the PPML. The last call period will be >> for a minimum of 10 days. The Advisory Council may decide that certain draft >> policies require a longer last call period of review (such as those that >> were revised based on comments received during the public policy meeting). >> If the Advisory Council sends a draft policy different than the recommended >> draft policy, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all >> changes to the text. >> >> Within 30 days of the end of last call the Advisory Council will review >> the result of last call discussion, and will determine readiness for >> consideration by the Board of Trustees. The Advisory Council may forward a >> draft policy directly to the Board of Trustees only if minor, >> non-substantive changes were made as a result of last call discussion. Any >> other changes require that the recommended policy be sent again to last >> call, or held on the docket as a draft policy for further development. The >> AC can also decide to abandon a draft policy at this point. >> >> The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for >> them, are announced to the PPML. The Advisory Council forwards the >> recommended draft policies to the Board of Trustees for adoption. >> >> 9. Board of Trustees Review >> The ARIN Board of Trustees reviews and evaluates each recommended draft >> policy at their next meeting. In its review, the Board evaluates the policy >> with respect to the Policy Development Goals as described in Part One of the >> PDP including specifically whether the ARIN Policy Development Process has >> been followed, and whether the policy is in compliance with law and ARIN?s >> mission. >> >> The Board may adopt, reject or remand recommended policies to the Advisory >> Council. All rejections will include an explanation. Remands will include >> an explanation and suggestions for further development. The Board may also >> seek clarification from the Advisory Council without remanding the >> recommended policy. The results of the Board's decision are announced to the >> PPML. >> >> 10. Implementation >> The projected implementation date of the policy is announced at the time >> that adoption of the policy is announced. ARIN staff updates the NRPM to >> include the adopted policy and implements and publishes a new version of the >> manual. >> >> 11. Special Policy Actions >> 11.1 Emergency PDP >> If urgently necessary pursuant to ARIN?s mission, the Board of Trustees >> may initiate policy by declaring an emergency and posting a draft policy to >> the PPML for discussion for a minimum of 10 business days. The Advisory >> Council will review the draft policy within 5 days of the end of the >> discussion period and make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. If the >> Board of Trustees adopts the policy, it will be presented at the next public >> policy meeting for reconsideration. >> >> 11.2 Policy Suspension >> If, after a policy has been adopted, the Board receives credible >> information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause >> significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees >> may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the Advisory >> Council on how to proceed. The recommendation of the Advisory Council will >> be published for discussion on the PPML for a period of at least 10 days. >> The Board of Trustees will review the Advisory Council's recommendation and >> the PPML discussion. If suspended, the policy will be presented at the next >> scheduled public policy meeting in accordance with the procedures outlined >> in this document. >> >> >> PART THREE ? PDP PETITION PROCESS >> This section provides the details of the petitions within the Policy >> Development Process. Petitions can be made at points where decisions are >> made in the policy process. Points where petitions are available are >> depicted on the main PDP flow diagram in Appendix A. All days in the >> process below are business days unless otherwise specified. >> >> 1. Petition Principles >> >> 1.1 Available to the community >> Any member of the community may initiate a Petition if they are >> dissatisfied with a specific action taken by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) >> regarding any policy proposal or draft policy. The petitioner does not have >> to be located in the ARIN region or associated with an organization that is >> a Member of ARIN; any party (including a policy proposal originator) with >> interest in policy development matters within the ARIN region may initiate a >> petition. >> >> Notwithstanding the above, ARIN Staff and ARIN Board members may not >> initiate or be counted in support of petitions as these individuals already >> have a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process. >> >> 1.2 Petition Initiation and Process >> >> A petition may be initiated by sending an email message to the ARIN Public >> Policy Mailing List (PPML) clearly requesting a petition against a specific >> action and includes a statement to the community on why the petition is >> warranted. The ARIN Staff will confirm the validity of the petition and >> then announce the start of the petition period on the PPML mailing list. >> >> Until the close of the petition period, Members of the community (as >> allowed to petition per 1.1 above) may be counted in support for an existing >> petition by sending an email message to the PPML clearly stating their >> support for the petition. Only one petition will be considered for given >> policy action; all subsequent requests to petition for the same action >> within the petition period shall be considered as support for the original >> petition. >> >> The petition shall remain open for 5 days, at which time the ARIN Staff >> shall determine if the petition succeeds (success requires expressions of >> petition support from at least 10 different people from 10 different >> organizations). A successful petition will result in a change of status for >> the policy proposal or draft policy as specified below. >> Staff and legal reviews will be conducted and published for draft policies >> placed on the AC docket by successful petitions. >> All draft policies successfully petitioned are presented for discussion at >> the next PPM by an individual chosen by the petition supporters. If >> consensus is not achieved in determining the presenter, then the President >> may facilitate the selection process. >> >> 2. Valid Petitions >> Petitions may be made regarding policy proposals or draft policies as >> described below. >> >> 2.1. Petition against Abandonment or Rejection due to out of scope >> The Advisory Council?s decision to abandon a policy proposal or draft >> policy may be petitioned. >> >> Petitions may be initiated until 5 days following the announcement date of >> an Advisory Council abandonment of a specific policy proposal or draft >> policy. For sake of clarity, the ?announcement date? of an action shall be >> the publication date of the action in the ARIN AC minutes. >> >> For a draft policy, a successful petition will result in the draft policy >> being placed back on the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at >> the next PPM. >> >> For a policy proposal rejected due to being out of scope of the PDP, a >> successful petition will result in the question of policy proposal being >> referred the ARIN Board for consideration. >> >> For a policy proposal otherwise abandoned, a successful petition will >> result in the policy proposal becoming a draft policy that will be placed on >> the AC docket and published for discussion and review by the community on >> the PPML. The resulting draft policy shall be under control of the AC going >> forward as any other draft policy and subsequently may be revised or >> abandoned per the normal policy development process. >> >> 2.2. Petition for Original Version >> The Advisory Council?s decision to revise a draft policy may be >> petitioned. >> >> Petitions may be initiated anytime until 5 days following the announcement >> date of an Advisory Council revision or publication date of the draft agenda >> of the next Public Policy Meeting (PPM). >> >> A successful petition will result in the original version of the draft >> policy being added to the AC docket for PPML discussion and presentation at >> the next PPM. >> >> 2.3. Last Call Petition >> Any member of the community may initiate a Last Call Petition if they are >> dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 days after a PPM to send >> a draft policy to last call. If successful, the petition will move the draft >> policy to last call discussion and review by the community on the PPML. >> >> 2.4. Board of Trustees Consideration Petition >> Any member of the community may initiate a Board of Trustees Consideration >> Petition if they are dissatisfied with the AC?s failure to act within 30 >> days after a last call review. 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