[ARIN-consult] Consultation on Transfer Fees Now Open

Tue Sep 6 12:07:02 EDT 2016

Heather -

Excellent question - the consultation language could have been clearer (and probably
was before I “improved it’” via my editing…)

Waiving the resource transfer fee would certainly be the case for parties who have
a registration services plan (i.e. all ISPs and any end-users who opted for such), as
in general we waive their registry transaction fees.

For end-users and legacy resource holders paying per-resource maintenance fees, it
would be most equitable to charge a resource transfer fee, since the costs associated
with transfer processing are disproportionate to day-to-day registry services covered
by the annual maintenance.

(However, this is a consultation, so it is really the community being asked what it feels
is most appropriate - i.e. what are your thoughts on this?)

I hope this helps clarify things - thanks for asking!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN

On Sep 6, 2016, at 11:40 AM, Heather Schiller <has at google.com<mailto:has at google.com>> wrote:

Request for clarification, if the source has an RSA/LRSA is the fee waived entirely?  (that's how I read the paragraph)

"This fee would be
only be applicable to source organizations which do not have a
Registration Services Agreement (RSA) or Legacy Registration Services
Agreement (LRSA) when an 8.3 or 8.4 transfer request is submitted. This
fee change would replace the $500 Resource Transfer fee
(https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html) that is currently
collected at the end of the transfer process for approved requests."

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 3:39 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net<mailto:info at arin.net>> wrote:
During its recent meeting held on 23 August 2016, the ARIN Board of
Trustees considered a change to the fee schedule as it pertains to both
Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) section 8.3 and 8.4 transfers
(https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight3).

Currently about 25% of ARIN transfer request processing results in an
unsuccessful outcome, i.e. in 1 out of 4 requests, the transfer is
either abandoned or not approved. When transfer requests are
unsuccessful, ARIN incurs essentially the same processing costs as it
does for successful transfers.

To appropriately recover these costs, ARIN proposes collecting the
present $500 Resource Transfer fee at the beginning of the transfer
process as a non-refundable transfer processing fee. This fee would be
only be applicable to source organizations which do not have a
Registration Services Agreement (RSA) or Legacy Registration Services
Agreement (LRSA) when an 8.3 or 8.4 transfer request is submitted. This
fee change would replace the $500 Resource Transfer fee
(https://www.arin.net/fees/fee_schedule.html) that is currently
collected at the end of the transfer process for approved requests.

We are seeking community feedback on this modification to ARIN’s Fee
schedule.

This consultation will remain open for (30) days, after which a summary
will be provided to the Board of Trustees for their consideration.

Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net<mailto:arin-consult at arin.net> will close on 30 September 2016.

If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net<mailto:info at arin.net>.

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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