[arin-ppml] ARIN Advisory Council Thoughts about IPv4 Policies

[Sweeting, John]

Hi Bill,

Thank you for your input. The main point is that the AC believes that it is getting too late in the game to continue changing the rules. Companies need to make plans, both operational and budgetary. The other point is that with the end game so close we need to focus on the proposals that will provide the most benefit to the community and we just want to make sure the community is aware of our thinking and plans. The statement I sent out this morning is in no way intended to stop well thought out and beneficial proposals from being submitted. 

-john

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----- Original Message -----
From: wherrin at gmail.com <wherrin at gmail.com>
To: Sweeting, John
Cc: ppml at arin.net <ppml at arin.net>
Sent: Wed May 12 15:54:42 2010
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] ARIN Advisory Council Thoughts about IPv4 Policies

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Sweeting, John
<john.sweeting at twcable.com> wrote:
> The AC strongly believes that the whole of the ARIN community
> requires and deserves a stable policy environment in order to
> better prepare and plan for IPv4 run out and deployment of IPv6.
>
> With that in mind, the AC would like to advise the community
> that unless a proposal affecting IPv4 assignments has a
> compelling benefit for and receives strong initial support from
> the community the AC will most likely choose to abandon the
> proposal. The AC recognizes its commitment to the community
> and after introspection and discussion has concluded that this
> is the best course of action. Please provide comments either
> through PPML or directly to individual AC members.

John,

Did you consider that you might better serve your published goal by
instead announcing that the AC won't move new IPv4 proposals to _last
call_ unless they demonstrate overwhelming support? That would at
least allow everybody involved both on the list and at the meetings to
discuss the ideas inside the process that can lead to forming a
policy.

What you've basically said here is that anyone who wants to seriously
discuss an IPv4 proposal should plan on using the petition process,
effectively rubbing the AC out of the picture and robbing the proposal
of the AC's advice. That seems less than ingenious.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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