[ppml] Initiation of Petition was Re: Proposed Policy: IPv4 Countdown - not accepted by AC as formal policy proposal

[Ray Plzak]

Ed,

Please state specifically whether or not you support the petition and follow the instructions that have been provided by Toshiyuki to wit:

"send email to petition at arin.net with full point of contact information, including their telephone number and organizational affiliation".

Thanks,

Ray

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Lewis [mailto:Ed.Lewis at neustar.biz]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:33 AM
> To: ppml at arin.net
> Cc: petition at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] Initiation of Petition was Re: Proposed Policy:
> IPv4 Countdown - not accepted by AC as formal policy proposal
>
> Okay, so this is what my "petition/protest" mail was all about:
>
>  From before (to make sure it counts under the rules):
>
> I would like to voice a qualified "I object" to this rejection.
>
> I would like to see some discussion on this, even though I comprehend
> the reasons given below for the rejection and acknowledge that they
> are valid.  My motivation for speaking up is to see if there might be
> a way that the spirit of the proposal can be pushed forward in ARIN
> even if the particular proposal has mechanics that are problematic.
>
> At this point, I don't have a specific recommendation, just wanted to
> say that there might be a reason to reconsider this, perhaps in
> another form.
>
>
> At 16:57 +0900 3/14/07, Toshiyuki Hosaka wrote:
> >Dear All,
> >
> >This is a formal petition request to advance the policy proposal
> >entitled "IPv4
> >Countdown Policy Proposal". The full text of the proposal is posted
> >on the ARIN
> >website at the following URL:
> >
> >   http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-February/006000.html
> >
> >This policy proposal was to respond in an orderly way to the
> >upcoming exhaustion
> >of the IPv4 address space. The AC rejected this proposal due to anti-
> trust
> >issues however I strongly believe that we should discuss this kind
> >of policy in
> >the ARIN open policy forum, rather than simple rejection, since IPv4
> address
> >exhaustion is so important issue to the whole community.
> >
> >According to the Internet Policy Evaluation Process, people who wish
> >to document
> >their support for the petition must do the following within the next
> >five (5) days:
> >
> >   1) post a response to the Public Policy Mailing List stating their
> >      support for the proposal,
> >
> >    and,
> >
> >   2) send email to petition at arin.net with full point of contact
> >      information, including their telephone number and organizational
> >      affiliation.
> >
> >If you have any questions about this process you can refer to the ARIN
> website
> >at http://www.arin.net/policy/ipep.html for the full text explaining
> the
> >petition process.
> >
> >Thanks and best regards,
> >Toshi
> >--
> >Toshiyuki Hosaka <hosaka at nic.ad.jp>
> >JPNIC
> >
> >
> >
> >Member Services wrote (2007/03/03 2:47):
> >>  On 1 March 2007 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) concluded its review
> of
> >>  the proposed policy 'IPv4 Countdown' and did not accept it as a
> formal
> >>  policy proposal.
> >>
> >>  The AC rejected this proposal having taken into consideration the
> >>  anti-trust issues raised by the ARIN General Counsel and because
> the AC
> >>  deemed the proposal to be contrary to ARIN's mission.
> >>
> >>  During the initial review period the AC may decide to:
> >>  1)  Accept the proposal as a formal policy proposal as it is
> presented,
> >>  2)  Work with the author to clarify, divide or combine it with
> another
> >>  proposal, or
> >>  3)  Not accept the policy proposal.
> >>
> >>  In the event that the AC decides not to accept the proposed policy,
> then
> >>  the author may elect to use the petition process to advance the
> >>  proposal. For petition details see the section called "Petition
> >>  Process" in the ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process
> which
> >>  can be found at:
> >>  http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html
> >>
> >>  The deadline for the author to initiate a petition per the ARIN
> Internet
> >>  Resource Policy Evaluation Process is 40 days prior to the meeting;
> the
> >>  petition deadline for the ARIN XIX Public Policy Meeting
> >>  is 14 March 2007. If the author chooses not to petition or the
> petition
> >>  is unsuccessful, then the proposed policy is closed. If a petition
> is
> >>  successful, then the proposal will be numbered and posted for
> discussion
> >>  and presented at ARIN's Public Policy Meeting.
> >>
> >>  The proposed policy text can be found at:
> >>  http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2007-February/006000.html
> >>
> >>  Regards,
> >>
> >>  Member Services
> >>  American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >>
> >>  _______________________________________________
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> >>  PPML at arin.net
> >>  http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/ppml
> >>
> >
> >
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