[arin-ppml] rETRUN iNCENTIVES (WAS: the Transfer Policy Argument Space)

[David Farmer]

This is really truning into a sperated discussion from figuring out the 
Argument Space, into a discussion of issues, a good Discussion, but it 
should be a separate thread please.

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Comments below;

On 4 Sep 2008 Bill Darte wrote:

> My personal opinion is:
> 
> "The ARIN Board of Trustees on behalf of ARIN and the community at
> large requests that as a service to that community, holders of address
> space which is available to return, or which they are willing to make
> available for return, should do so at their earliest convenience.  On
> behalf of the community that will need these addresses as the industry
> transitions to IPv6, ARIN thanks you."
> 
> bd

So why do you think this will be anymore effective than RFC 1917?

I also think 4.1 of RFC1917 is interesting, in a previous thread I asked why a 
transfer policy isn't more desirable than what is suggested there?


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Howard, W. Lee [mailto:Lee.Howard at stanleyassociates.com] Sent:
> > Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:16 AM To: Bill Darte; John Curran;
> > Owen DeLong Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net Subject: RE: [arin-ppml] the
> > Transfer Policy Argument Space
> > 
> > 
> > Owen DeLong and Bill Darte said:
> > > ARIN should encourage entities with free space to return it. 
> > 
> > 
> > What form should that encouragement take?
> > 
> > 1.  "The ARIN Board of Trustees encourages those entities 
> > with free address space to return it to ARIN."
> > 2.  "The ARIN Board of Trustees offers one large, chewy 
> > chocolate chip cookie to any entity with free address space 
> > who returns it to ARIN."
> > 3.  ARIN reduces fees on remaining space.
> > 4.  ARIN offers publicity for those who return space.
> > 5.  ARIN offers prizes to those who return space.  What prizes? 6. 
> > ARIN offers cash to those who return space.  How much? 7.  Fill in
> > the blank _____________________
> > 
> > In case anyone sitting on big chunks of addresses is feeling 
> > discouraged, I encourage you to return space to ARIN.
> > 
> > Not to be pessimistic, but I don't think there's enough 
> > unused address space to matter, unless we also reduce the 
> > rate at which we assign IPv4 address space.
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
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