[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2009-8: Equitable IPv4 Run-Out - Last Call

[Milton L Mueller]

I support Draft Policy 2009-8

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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Internet Governance Project:
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> 
> Draft Policy 2009-8: Equitable IPv4 Run-Out is in Last Call.
> 
> Three of the last four Draft Policies had little or no Last Call 
> comments; two hand no comments, one had one comment, 
> and the forth policy had 10 comments from 5 individuals.
> 
> As one of the AC shepards for this proposal I would appreciate 
> any Last Call comments you may have on this Draft Policy, 
> even if it is simply that you support the policy as written.
> 
> The text of this Draft Policy changed significantly from the 
> version discussed on the floor at Dearborn, so please take a 
> moment and read it carefully including the Rationale.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> And finally in the spirit of the upcoming holidays;
> 
> Best wishes to you and yours;
> Peace on Earth, and;
> THE UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF IPv6. :)
> 
> 
> On 24 Nov 2009 Member Services wrote:
> 
> > The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 19 November and decided to
> > send a revised version of the following draft policy to last call:
> > 
> >    Draft Policy 2009-8: Equitable IPv4 Run-Out
> > 
> > Feedback is encouraged during this last call period. All 
> comments should
> > be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This last call will
> > expire on 10 December 2009. After last call the AC will 
> conduct their
> > last call review.
> > 
> > The draft policy text is below and available at:
> > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/
> > 
> > The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
> > https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Member Services
> > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> > 
> > 
> > ## * ##
> > 
> > 
> > Draft Policy 2009-8
> > Equitable IPv4 Run-Out
> > 
> > Version/Date: 24 November 2009
> > 
> > Policy statement:
> > 
> > Rename NRPM 4.2.4.3;
> > 
> > 4.2.4.3 Subscriber Members Less Than One Year
> > 
> > Replace NRPM 4.2.4.4 with;
> > 
> > 4.2.4.4 Subscriber Members After One Year
> > 
> > After an organization has been a subscriber member of ARIN 
> for one year,
> > they may choose to request up to a 12 month supply of IP addresses.
> > 
> > When ARIN receives its last /8, by IANA implementing 
> section 10.4.2.2,
> > the length of supply that an organization may request will 
> be reduced.
> > An organization may choose to request up to a 3 month supply of IP
> > addresses.
> > 
> > This reduction does not apply to resources received via 
> section 8.3. An
> > organization receiving a transfer under section 8.3 may continue to
> > request up to a 12 month supply of IP addresses.
> > 
> > Rationale:
> > 
> > This policy is intended to ensure an equitable distribution of IPv4
> > resources as run-out of the ARIN free pool occurs. This is 
> achieved by
> > changing section 4.2.4.4 of the NRPM to reduce the length 
> of supply of
> > IPv4 resources that may be requested when the IANA free 
> pool runs-out.
> > Equity is accomplished by reducing the window that an advantage or
> > disadvantage can exist between competitors, that will be 
> created when
> > one competitor receives a final allocation just before run-out and
> > another competitor does not.
> > 
> > Further this policy ensures equity between incumbent 
> resource holders
> > and new entrants by providing the same length of supply for 
> each as the
> > ARIN free pool runs out. This eliminates a potential bias toward
> > incumbent resource holders that is created as a result of 
> ARIN free pool
> > run-out interacting with resource allocation slow start for 
> new entrants
> > in current policy.
> > 
> > This policy is similar to ideas in RIPE policy proposal 2009-03
> > (http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2009-03.html), 
> and has been
> > adapted by discussion and for use within the ARIN region.
> > 
> > This policy is intended to be independent of other policies 
> or proposals
> > to reserve address space for IPv6 transition or other 
> purposes. It is
> > not intended to limit Transfers to Specified Recipients per 
> section 8.3
> > of the NRPM.
> > 
> > This draft contains the elements that there seems to have been the
> > largest consensus for on the floor of ARIN XXIV Public 
> Policy Meeting in
> > Dearborn, Michigan. Further, there was a strong preference that no
> > changes be triggered until IANA free pool run-out.
> > 
> > Timetable for implementation:  Immediate
> 
> 
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