[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2016-1: Reserved Pool Transfer Policy

[Owen DeLong]

While I understand that this applies in the general case, I think that with these reserved blocks, the situation is somewhat different.

First, the reserved blocks are limited to a very select set of purposes (high-level nameservers, internet exchange points, etc.).
With the exception of 4.10 (IPv6 transition), they are not even available to the average business under most circumstances.

Further, they are not issued as large blocks. IIRC, the largest possible allocation for any of the blocks is a /22.

If ARIN won’t process a transfer, then there’s virtually no ability to monetize the space in any useful way. Especially if the theoretical recipient is able to come to ARIN and get equivalent space essentially for free.

If the exchange point ceases to exist or the high-level nameserver is eliminated, that’s a fairly visible event which would allow ARIN sufficient verifiable information on which to base a decision to return the addresses to the free pool.

Owen

> On May 8, 2016, at 20:02 , Justin Wilson <lists at mtin.net> wrote:
> 
> The key will be making it where it can not be monetized.  It’s like Real Estate and have to approach it like eminent domain.   I think it becomes a very slippery slope. IP space, has become an monetary asset to the company.  If you remove the ability to capitalize on that unused space, you still need a mechanism for forcing it’s return.
> 
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>> On May 8, 2016, at 9:23 PM, Christoph Blecker <cblecker at gmail.com <mailto:cblecker at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I can't quite imagine a scenario that would merit an 8.3 transfer of reserved pool IP space. I think the community is better served to encourage reserved pool address holders to return the space back to the reserved pool if the need they originally requested the address space for no longer exists. As such, I prefer the original policy text.
>> 
>> I'd be open to changing my opinion if someone could explain a scenario where an 8.3 transfer is preferable to requesting space from the free pool.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Christoph
>> 
>> On 5 May 2016 at 12:11, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com <mailto:owen at delong.com>> wrote:
>> Speaking strictly for myself and not as a member of the AC…
>> 
>> I still fail to see the need for this. Here are the scenarios I can see:
>> 
>> 1.	Transfer of an operating environment to a new organization through merger/acquisition/reorg:
>> 
>> 		This would be handled in 8.2 and there is no restriction on these blocks in 8.2
>> 		transfers.
>> 
>> 2.	Creation of a new operational environment which needs resources and qualifies:
>> 
>> 		Since these reserved pools still have resources available, I see no reason to support
>> 		their transfer through 8.3 or 8.4.
>> 
>> I think the proposed change would be mostly harmless, but I also feel that it serves no useful purpose and would complicate policy unnecessarily.
>> 
>> Further, unlike larger blocks of resources, these blocks are assigned in very small chunks and for a very specific purpose. Once that purpose no longer exists, their return should be straightforward and we as a community should be able to expect voluntary return of these addresses as they cannot be monetized, cannot be transferred, and cannot be repurposed. (At least not without violating policy).
>> 
>> Owen
>> 
>>> On May 5, 2016, at 07:59 , Andrew Dul <andrew.dul at quark.net <mailto:andrew.dul at quark.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> As part of the discussions at ARIN 37 the community considered updates to the proposed draft policy that would allow organizations to transfer, within ARIN, reserved pool resources provided that they met the criteria to obtain a block from a reserved pool. 
>>> Based upon this feedback we are proposing to update the draft policy text as follows.  The AC welcomes your feedback on this proposed text and any other feedback on this draft policy.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Andrew
>>> 
>>> Original Policy statement:
>>> Add to Section 8.3 and Section 8.4 under the "Conditions on source of the transfer:"
>>> 
>>> Address resources from a reserved pool (including those designated in Section 4.4 and 4.10) are not eligible for transfer.
>>> 
>>> Updated Policy statement:
>>> 
>>> Add to Section 8.3 under the "Conditions on recipient of the transfer:"
>>> 
>>> Address resources from a reserved pool (including those designated in Section 4.4 and 4.10) shall only be transferred to organizations which meet the current criteria of the reserved pool from which the resource was obtained.
>>> 
>>> Add to Section 8.4 under the "Conditions on source of the transfer:"
>>> Address resources from a reserved pool (including those designated in Section 4.4 and 4.10) are not eligible for transfer.
>>> 
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