[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4

[CJ Aronson]

Marty this says you're changing from "request up to a 3-month supply
of IP addresses." to "request up to three month supply of IP
 addresses."

It doesn't seem to change the policy at all.  What am I missing here?

Thanks
----Cathy

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 7:59 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4
>
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> ARIN-prop-162 Redefining request window in 4.2.4.4
>
> Proposal Originator: Martin Hannigan
>
> Proposal Version: 1.0
>
> Date: 27 JAN 2012
>
> Proposal type: MODIFY
>
> Policy term: PERMANENT
>
> Policy statement:
>
> NRPM Section 4.2.4.4. Subscriber Members After One Year
>
> Change the following text from:
>
> When ARIN receives its last /8, by IANA implementing section 10.4.2.2,
> the length of supply that an organization may request will be reduced.
> An organization may choose to request up to a 3-month supply of IP
> addresses.
>
> To:
>
> When the ARIN free pool is down to one allocation away from the last /8,
> the length of supply that an organization may request will be reduced.
> An organization may choose to request up to three month supply of IP
> addresses.
>
> Rationale:
>
> There has been discussion in the community that the excess inventory
> in the ARIN region is damaging the transition to v6 by elongating the
> amount of time between internal exhaustion and exhaustion by other
> RIR's and allowing all to proceed in a manner which can be described
> as "business as usual". ARIN's stewardship responsibilities are of
> primary concern in this region. Asking businesses to request addresses
> on a three month basis with such large inventory available at ARIN
> unnecessarily increases the cost and complexity of operating the
> network; repeated and slow interactions with ARIN, duplicate paperwork
> requirements and an inefficient use of resources by all compound the
> pain.
>
> Considering that ARIN has roughly 6 /8's available, restating the need
> window to one year and basing an austerity measure on a local
> condition now that we have experience seems prudent and in the
> interest of all.
>
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