[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-165 Eliminate Needs-Based Justification on 8.3 Specified Transfers

[Owen DeLong]

On Feb 17, 2012, at 7:47 PM, Milton L Mueller wrote:

>> 
>> I would be interested in seeing a small allocation carved out for the
>> purpose of running a test, to see what would happen in a free market
>> without needs basis. Those who have justified need could continue using
>> existing policies to obtain space, and those without (eg. need space in
>> a pinch, cant/dont feel like writing up justification) could purchase
>> from the special allocation at the going market rate.
>> 
> [Milton L Mueller] We already have this. It's called the legacy blocks. 

1.	Legacy blocks are not what I would call a small allocation.

2.	Legacy blocks are not transferable in the ARIN registry without
	compliance with ARIN policy. In fact, legacy blocks once transferred
	under 8.3 generally stop being legacy blocks.

Owen