[ppml] Wording issues with the 2002-6 Aggregation Requests Proposal???

[Dawn Martin]

Please pardon my ignorance here, but just wondering what was said in
regards to deals made with these users that don't end up returning
the address space. What does ARIN do? I have some ideas but was wondering
if this was already solved.

Also, I don't see a problem with shortening the first sentence as Bill
suggested. Should there be an example of the billing for the blocks as
well? Or do we assume that the folks that are currently being billed know
who they are and understand the billing process?

Dawn Martin


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ppml at arin.net [mailto:owner-ppml at arin.net]On Behalf Of Bill
Darte
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:01 PM
To: ppml at arin.net
Cc: 'Taylor, Stacy'
Subject: [ppml] Wording issues with the 2002-6 Aggregation Requests
Proposal???


2002-6: Aggregation Requests

Proposed Policy:

As is.....
If an organization, whether a member or non-member, ISP or end-user,
relinquishes a group of portable, non-aggregatable address blocks to ARIN,
they shall be allowed to receive a block in exchange, /24 or shorter, but no
more than the shortest block that could contain all of the returned blocks.
Exchanged space shall be returned within 12 months. For example, if an
organization relinquished three /24s, they should be allowed to take either
a /24, a /23, or a /22 in exchange. If all of the previous address blocks
were maintained in the ARIN database without maintenance fees, the
replacement space shall be as well, but if any one of the returned blocks
had associated maintenance fees, then the replacement block shall also be
subject to maintenance fees.

Proposed.....
If any organization relinquishes a group of portable, non-aggregatable
address blocks to ARIN, they will receive a block in exchange.  The block
received in exchange shall be /24 or shorter, but not shorter than need be
in order to contain all of the returned blocks. Exchanged space shall be
returned within 12 months.  If all of the previous address blocks were
maintained in the ARIN database without maintenance fees, then replacement
space will be without fee, but if any one of the returned blocks had
associated maintenance fees, then the replacement block will also be subject
to maintenance fees appropriate to the replacement block size.  For example,
if an organization relinquished three /24s, they would eligible to receive a
/24, a /23, or a /22 in exchange.


This is similar to the 2002-5 wording that Stacy is working with........ I
think the wording in the first sentence can be shortened in both policies to
"any organization" ....does anyone see a problem with this?

Bill Darte
AC