[arin-ppml] ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers - Last Call

[Joshua Snowhorn]

On May 4, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Larry Ash wrote:

> Oppose.
> 
> ASN's can and have been transfered via merger and acquisition of assets. Policy
> can be modified to add bankruptcy however I'm not in favor if the ASN is separated
> from the related network assets that require that ASN for ongoing operation.
> 
> I see no value or reason to attempt to create a market in ASN's.
> 
> P.S. My degree is in Business Administration. I do understand Accounting, Management
> and Marketing.

Strongly support. 

We are defining a transfer process outside of outright acquisition of a company. There are certainly instances where companies have no need for an ASN that they may already own. They can dump it back in the pool or they can transfer it via a defined process...with or without monetary exchange of funds, if we allow transfers. If you limit this to just bankruptcy you complicate things with more language defining an outright acquisition of a bankrupt entity to gain that ASN asset or just an extricated asset from the bankrupt entity...messy.

Josh


> 
>>>>>>>> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 25 April 2012 and decided to
>>>>>>>> send the following draft policy to last call:
>>>>>>>> ARIN-2012-3: ASN Transfers
>>>>>>>> Feedback is encouraged during the last call period. All comments should
>>>>>>>> be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last call for 2012-3 will
>>>>>>>> expire on 14 May 2012. After last call the AC will conduct their last
>>>>>>>> call review.
>>>>>>>> The draft policy text is below and available at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/
>>>>>>>> The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:
>>>>>>>> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Communications and Member Services
>>>>>>>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>>>>>>>> ## * ##
>>>>>>>> Draft Policy ARIN-2012-3
>>>>>>>> ASN Transfers
>>>>>>>> Date: 14 March 2012
>>>>>>>> Policy statement:
>>>>>>>> In NRPM 8.3, replace "IPv4 number resources" with "IPv4 number resources
>>>>>>>> and ASNs".
>>>>>>>> Rationale:
>>>>>>>> There are legitimate use cases for transferring ASNs, and no significant
>>>>>>>> downsides (identified to date) of allowing it.
>>>>>>>> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
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