[arin-ppml] NRPM 2010.1 ­ New Policies Implemented

[Martin Hannigan]

On Jan 13, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

> marty at akamai.com wrote:
> > On 1/13/10 3:44 PM, "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at ipinc.net> wrote:
> >
> >> marty at akamai.com wrote:
> >>>>
>
>

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> >> How exactly is IANA held to ARIN's policies?  ARIN could decide  
> that
> >> IANA give all it's remaining IPv4 to ARIN, is IANA obligated to pay
> >> attention to that?  Seems to me your not going to get IANA to do
> >> jack until any policy that affects it completes the GDP.
> >>
> >> Ted
> >>
> > Ted,
> >
> > Good question. Without a global policy, they aren¹t. If you mean  
> to ask how
> > that relationship is actually governed, you can see the documents  
> that
> > codify the relationship and the global PDP by browsing here:
> > http://www.nro.net/
> >
>
> Well, my question was more rhetorical - meaning that logically, since
> these policies depend on IANA doing something, they really cannot
> be policies until IANA agrees with them and follows them.  I mean, we
> can stick them in the ARIN policy manual and all that but they won't  
> be
> followed until completion of GDP - so in essence, your statement that
>
> " they _are_ both ARIN region policies regardless "
>
> has no meaning.  It's kind of like when the US Congress passes a law
> then does not pass the finance bill that provides money to enforce the
> law - thus, even though it's on the books, it effectively does not
> exist.
>
> What I think is a much more interesting and relevant query is what
> happens if either of these policies flunk out of the GDP?  Does
> ARIN's board then reverse their adoption and scrap them?
>
>


Ted, I don't really know which is why I asked for clarification. I  
think, based on my reading, that the policy stands. Seems like a hole  
in both PDP's.


Best,

Martin