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<p class=""><span class="">John,</span></p><p class=""><span class="">As others have said, the proposed changes seems reasonable and justified given current circumstances. A strict adherence to "first in, first out" for adding additional entries to the waiting list seems much less relevant at this point. Especially with the waiting list representing many times the IPv4 resources that seem likely to be made available to the free pool within the foreseeable future. Furthermore, as long as there is a sufficient waiting list for resources, a strict adherence to the order that requests are received seem unlikely to matter in the grand scheme of things, and placing requests on the waiting list in their order of approval without regard to the order the request was received seems sufficiently fair.</span></p>
<p class=""><span class="">My only suggestion would be to set a threshold for the community to revisit the issue. Such as if the waiting list were ever depleted to the point where the order that requests are received could be perceived to matter again. I'm not necessarily suggesting we should return to a strict adherence to "first in, first out" at such a point, just that it seems reasonable for the community to revisit the issue if/when we approach such a point. </span></p>
<p class="">Such a trigger point seems fairly arbitrary, but ideally it should provide sufficient time for the community to reasonably consider the issue prior to depletion of the waiting list. Thirty(30) days seems sufficient time for the community to consider the issue. Therefore, I'd suggest to asking staff to trigger a review of the issue by the community when in their best estimation they believe we are within ninety(90) days, or less, of free pool resources being made available for which there would be no one on the waiting list eligible to receive.</p><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:04 AM, ARIN <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">...<br>
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