[arin-discuss] Suggestion 2010.1 -- Initial Fee Waiver for IPv6 assignments to LRSA signatories

[Owen DeLong]

I have submitted a formal suggestion to the ACSP recommending that the BoT waive initial
assignment fees for IPv6 when the applicant is a legacy resource holder that has signed
the LRSA.

I believe this helps remove most of the barriers to entry for legacy IPv4 holders to migrate
to IPv6 and is in the best interests of the community.

ARIN has informed me that the matter will be placed on the Board's finance committee
agenda.  As such, I would like to encourage members here who have an opinion on the
matter to let the board know what you think, ideally by posting a message to this list.


Owen


Below is the message I received from ARIN and the original suggestion I submitted:

Owen,


This is in response to your suggestion noted below and assigned number 2010.1.

Thank you for your suggestion relating to charging no initial fee related to request for an initial IPv6 allocation and/or assignments for Legacy Holders that have signed the ARIN Legacy Registration Service Agreement.  As this relates to fees, this will be added to the ARIN Board's Finance Committee agenda for 2010.

Some other information related to this suggestion is that the current IPv6 waiver for allocations for initial requests and renewals in 2010 is a 50% fee waiver. For requests in 2011, the allocation fees will be 25% waived. 
In terms of assignments, the initial fee is not waived.  Clients requesting assignment resources pay an initial fee per request of address space and thereafter pay annual allocation or maintenance fees related to the Organizational ID as a whole. Initial fees are to cover the effort related to reviewing and analyzing the request, whereas maintenance fees are designed to cover the overhead of maintaining objects in the database.

Recent changes were implemented in mid 2009 for organizations with both ARIN-issued and Legacy Resources. They are assessed an Annual Fee based on the ARIN-issued resources and not charged the Legacy resource maintenance fee.

ARIN is reliant on its active membership to help it better serve the community and we want to commend you for your continuing activism and service.

Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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2010.1
01-18-2010 16:58:30

ARIN should offer legacy holders that sign the LRSA the opportunity to receive an appropriate IPv6 allocation or assignment for no initial fee. The applicable standard renewal fees would apply thereafter.


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