[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2015-7: Simplified requirements for demonstrated need for IPv4 transfers

[William Herrin]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 4:06 PM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> Draft Policy ARIN-2015-7
> Simplified requirements for demonstrated need for IPv4 transfers
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2015-7
> Simplified requirements for demonstrated need for IPv4 transfers
>
> Date: 23 June 2015
>
> Problem statement:
>
> ARIN transfer policy currently inherits all its demonstrated need
> requirements for IPv4 transfers from NRPM sections 4. Because that section
> was written primarily to deal with free pool allocations, it is much more
> complicated than is really necessary for transfers. In practice, ARIN staff
> applies much more lenient needs assessment to section 8 IPv4 transfer
> requests than to free pool requests, as 24-month needs are much more
> difficult to assess to the same level of detail.
>
> This proposal seeks to dramatically simplify the needs assessment process
> for 8.3 transfers, while still allowing organizations with corner-case
> requirements to apply under existing policy if necessary.
>
> Policy statement:
>
> 8.1.x Simplified requirements for demonstrated need for IPv4 transfers

Was this intended to be 8.3.x? It doesn't make sense to me in the
transfer principles section (8.1).


> IPv4 transfer recipients must demonstrate (and an officer of the requesting
> organization must attest) that they will use at least 50% of their aggregate
> IPv4 addresses (including the requested resources) on an operational network
> within 24 months.

I'm inclined to support changing the 8.3 recipient conditions
consistent with this idea but it's not clear to me how this text would
fit with what's already there.

Regards,
Bill Herrin

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