[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-186 Section 8.2 Reorganizations - Notice of intent to make editorial update

Chris Grundemann cgrundemann at gmail.com
Tue May 28 12:34:57 EDT 2013


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:54 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> The review period for this suggested administrative update to the NRPM ends
> tomorrow.

As such, now is the time to speak up if you have any concerns
regarding this change at all.

Thanks!
~Chris


>> The review period will close on 29 May 2013.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/29/13 2:24 PM, ARIN wrote:
>>
>> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 24 April 2013 and requested that
>> the following proposed editorial update to the Number Resource Policy
>> Manual (NRPM) be posted for review by the community.
>>
>> The AC provided the following statement:
>>
>> ----
>> "Having reviewed ARIN-prop-186 'Section 8.2 Reorganizations' the AC
>> believes that the requested change is editorial in nature. This
>> decision is based on the facts that the author of the current text did
>> not intend to remove reorganizations, that ARIN's operational
>> procedure will not change based on this update, as they currently
>> consider reorganizations to be valid. It was pointed out by staff that
>> unless the term were reintroduced into policy, their operational
>> procedure may have to change accordingly. Based on this position, the
>> ARIN AC proposes that the following editorial change be made to the
>> NRPM:
>>
>> Re-insert the word 'reorganization' into section 8.2; the resulting
>> text will read:
>>
>> "ARIN will consider requests for the transfer of number resources in
>> the case of mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations under the
>> following conditions: ..."
>>
>> Please voice any concerns to the AC as soon as possible."
>> ----
>>
>> The process for editorial updates to the NRPM is found in Part One,
>> Section 3.1, paragraph 3 of the PDP:
>> "Changes to policy that are purely editorial and non-substantial in
>> nature are outside the scope of the full Policy Development Process and
>> may only be made with 30 days public notice followed by the concurrence
>> of both the ARIN Advisory Council and ARIN Board of Trustees that the
>> changes are non-substantial in nature."
>>
>> The review period will close on 29 May 2013.
>>
>> ARIN-prop-186 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)
>>
>>
>> ## * ##
>>
>>
>> Policy Proposal Name: Section 8.2 Reorganizations
>> Proposal Originator: John Springer
>>
>> Date: 23 April 2013
>>
>> Problem Statement:
>>
>> There is no longer a reference to corporate reorganizations in the
>> policy. ARIN often sees corporate reorganizations as the basis for
>> transfer.
>>
>> Corporate reorganizations were part of the previous version of 8.2
>> policy as follows:
>>
>> "ARIN will consider requests for the transfer of number resources only
>> upon receipt of evidence that the new entity has acquired the assets
>> which had, as of the date of the acquisition or proposed reorganization,
>> justified the current entity's use of the number resource."
>>
>> Current policy reads: "ARIN will consider requests for the transfer of
>> number resources in the case of mergers and acquisitions under the
>> following conditions: ..."
>>
>> Corporate reorganizations are currently being allowed under the
>> following conditions: A parent organization can transfer resources to a
>> child organization or vice versa as long as the child is a 100% wholly
>> owned subsidiary. Various documentary requirements apply.
>>
>> Policy statement:
>>
>> "ARIN will consider requests for the transfer of number resources in the
>> case of mergers, acquisitions and corporate reorganizations under the
>> following conditions: ..."
>>
>> Timetable for implementation: Immediately
>>
>>
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