[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-144 Remove Single Aggregate requirement from Specified Transfer

[Owen DeLong]

I oppose the proposal as written.

Adaption policy to staff interpretation rather than revising it to reflect
community intent is a step in the wrong direction.

Owen

On May 2, 2011, at 10:59 AM, ARIN wrote:

> ARIN-prop-144 Remove Single Aggregate requirement from Specified Transfer
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> ARIN-prop-144 Remove Single Aggregate requirement from Specified Transfer
> 
> Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman
> 
> Proposal Version: 1
> 
> Date: 2 May 2011
> 
> Proposal type: new
> 
> Policy term: permanent
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
> Modify Section 8.3 as follows:
> Change "can demonstrate the need for such resources, as a single
> aggregate, in the exact amount which they can justify under current ARIN
> policies" to "can demonstrate the need for such resources in the amount
> which they can justify under current ARIN policies"
> 
> Rationale:
> 
> The "as a single aggregate" has been interpreted to apply only to
> "demonstrate the need" as opposed to the resources which may be received
> by ARIN staff. It is possible that the original intent was to require
> than each transfer be of a single aggregate.
> 
> HOWEVER, as multiple Section 8.3 transfers may be executed serially by a
> pair of entities which wish to use the specified transfer policy in
> order to transfer any number of blocks as long as there is needs
> justification for each, it simply saves the transferring entity, the
> recipient, AND ARIN paperwork to allow a transfer of multiple blocks to
> proceed as a single transfer.
> 
> Timetable for implementation: immediate
> 
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