[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-6: Allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 Address Space to Out-of-region Requestors - Revised

[John Curran]

On Sep 26, 2013, at 7:31 AM, David Conrad <drc at virtualized.org> wrote:
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 5:13 AM, Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw at abenaki.wabanaki.net> wrote:
>> ...
>> Another source of authority can be found to
>> offer that -6 adds a rule to the resource allocation that does not
>> originate from the original delegating agency (ARPA/DARPA/NSF).
> 
> You mean like pretty much every rule the RIRs have come up with since their creation?

Indeed, as is the nature of having community-based governance for number
resources.  The US Government is quite aware that this is the case, and 
"is supportive of the policies, processes, and procedures agreed upon by 
the Internet technical community through ARIN."
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2012/united-states-government-s-internet-protocol-numbering-principles>

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN