[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-172 Additional definition for NRPM Section 2 - Legacy Resources

[Owen DeLong]

On Jun 15, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:

> On 6/15/2012 9:50 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> Interesting... Except that in the Nortel case, the staff scrambled, intervened in the case, and at the end of the day, Micr0$0ft chose to comply with ARIN policies in completing the transfer and the judge supported that by signing off on the agreement. Looks like it all worked out pretty well for everyone without ARIN acting in contravention of it's community developed policies. 
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> On 6/15/2012 9:43 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
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>> Before the meaning of 8.3 was emasculated by creative interpretation and subsequently taken out of the AC's hands by fiat of the board determining that this was an operational and not a policy question, it was the very clear intent of the community and the AC that an LRSA was not an acceptable alternative to meet the RSA requirements of 8.3 and that only a standard RSA would be permitted.
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>> I understand the reasons that this interpretation was made and believe that it was necessary, so I am not actually seeking to criticize ARIN staff or the board for doing so. However, it is certainly the intent of the policy that legacy status not be transferrable under 8.3 to whatever extent policy can specify that as that was certainly the clear intent of the community during the development of said policy.
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> So, Owen, which is it?
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> Did it "work out pretty well for everyone without ARIN acting in contravention of its community developed policies" or was "the meaning of 8.3 emasculated by creative interpretation" and "the very clear intent of the community than an LRSA was not an acceptable alternative to meet the RSA requirements of 8.3" ?

Both, actually. As I said, I understood why the interpretation was made and believe that doing so was necessary. It was slightly outside of the intent, but within the policy. Overall, it worked out pretty well for everyone.

Owen