[arin-ppml] Revision of ARIN-prop-204 Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers

[Mike Burns]

Hi John and list,

Since my intention was to allow a maximum of one needs-free transfer per 
year, I have changed the proposal to better reflect that.
The proposed change will be a preface to “the recipient must demonstrate the 
need for up to a 24 month supply of IP address resources...”

The preface will be “For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for 
recipients who have completed a transfer in the prior year..”

The intended effect will be to retain needs testing of all transfers to 
recipients who have already completed a transfer in the prior year, and for 
all transfers larger than a /16.

If we want to be more permissive and allow for many transfers but only one 
being a need-free transfer, the preface would be:

“For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for recipients who have 
completed a need-free transfer in the prior year..”

And of course the /16 might end up being a different size if we can discover 
a supported-size through list discussion.


Regards,
Mike  Burns










ARIN-prop-204 Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers
>
> Date: 16 April 2014
> Problem Statement:
> ARIN staff, faced with a surge in near-exhaust allocations and subsequent 
> transfer requests and a requirement for team review of these, is spending 
> scarce staff time on needs testing of small transfers. This proposal seeks 
> to decrease overall ARIN processing time through elimination of that needs 
> test.
> Policy statement:
> Change the language in NRPM 8.3 after Conditions on the recipient of the 
> transfer: from "The recipient must demonstrate the need for up to a 
> 24-month supply of IP address resources under current ARIN policies and 
> sign an RSA." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for 
> recipients who have completed a transfer in the prior year, the recipient 
> must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IP address 
> resources under current ARIN policies and sign an RSA."
> Change the language in the third bullet point in NRPM 8.4 after Conditions 
> on the recipient of the transfer: from "Recipients within the ARIN region 
> must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 address 
> space." to "For transfers larger than a /16 equivalent or for recipients 
> who have completed a transfer in the prior year, recipients in the ARIN 
> region must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IP address 
> resources under current ARIN policies and sign an RSA."
> Comments:
> Needs testing has been maintained for transfers largely because the 
> community wishes to ensure protection against hoarding and speculation in 
> the IPv4 market. This proposal seeks a middle ground between the 
> elimination of needs tests for transfers altogether, and the continuance 
> of needs tests for every transfer. This should help ARIN staff to reduce 
> transfer processing time, since most transfers have been smaller than /16.
> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>