[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-129: IPv4 Addresses for Process Participants

[Jon Lewis]

This is nuts.  We're running out of IPv4...so lets piss away some of the 
last bit of it.  NO.

On Fri, 21 Jan 2011, ARIN wrote:

> ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the
> Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy
> Development Process.
>
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> regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly
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>
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>
>
> ARIN-prop-129: IPv4 Addresses for Process Participants
>
> Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman
>
> Proposal Version: 1
>
> Date: 21 January 2011
>
> Proposal type: New
>
> Policy term: Permanent
>
> Policy statement:
>
>  Upon receipt of that last IPv4 /8 from IANA, ARIN shall distribute
> one quarter (a single /10) of the space immediately to "active
> participants" in the ARIN policy development process.
>
>  An "active participant" for this purpose is defined as an individual
> who expresses support for OR objection to this proposal.
>
>  Each "active participant" shall receive a single block of the same
> size, the size chosen so as to maximally use the /10 allocated for this
> purpose, but in no case shall the block be smaller than /24. No more
> than one such block shall be distributed per organization if a single
> organization has more than one "active participant".
>
>  In the case where the number of "active participants" exceeds the
> number of minimum-sized (/24) blocks available, priority shall be given
> to those who responded first.
>
> Rationale:
>
>  In order to accelerate IPv6 deployment, it is critical that IPv4
> space be consumed as rapidly as possible.
>
>  Several possible approaches exist. One would be to distribute the
> final space proportionately to existing assignment size. Another might
> be to randomly assign the remaining space. Yet another might be to award
> the space based on merit, after reviewing possible uses for the final
> IPv4 space.
>
>  This proposal instead simply consumes some of the remaining space by
> directly rewarding the participants in the policy development process
> for their participation.
>
> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>
>
>
>
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