[arin-ppml] LAST CALL for Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants

[Brett Frankenberger]

Support.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 05:17:54PM -0400, ARIN wrote:
> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 21 October 2016 and decided to send
> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants to Last
> Call:
> 
> The AC provided the following statement to the community:
> 
> This proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number
> policy. There is support for this policy in the ARIN community as expressed
> at ARIN 38 and on PPML. There has been no opposition stated to 2016-4. At
> the ARIN AC meeting held on 10/21/2016, it was agreed that in the "Anything
> else" section of Recommended Draft Policy 2016-4 stating that 'The text in
> 4.2.2 “for specified transfers, or three months otherwise” and the text in
> 4.3.3 “for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise” should be stricken
> if ARIN-prop-227 is adopted' should be followed by ARIN staff as an
> instruction from the AC, presuming that 2016-2 (which is what ARIN-prop-227
> has become) continues to move forward after last call.
> 
> Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be
> provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. This Last Call will expire on 9
> November 2016. After Last Call, the AC will conduct their Last Call review.
> 
> The full text 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)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ARIN-2016-4: Transfers for new entrants
> 
> AC assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource
> Policy:
> 
> The proposal is technically sound and enables fair and impartial number
> policy by ensuring that new organizations have a mechanism to access at
> least a minimum amount of resources from the transfer market. The staff and
> legal review (as updated 8/19/2016) is non-controversial. There is support
> and no concerns have been raised by the community regarding the proposal on
> PPML or elsewhere.
> 
> Problem Statement:
> 
> New organizations without existing IPv4 space may not always be able to
> qualify for an initial allocation under NRPM 4.2, particularly if they are
> categorized as ISPs and subject to 4.2.2.1.1. Use of /24. Now that ARIN’s
> free pool is exhausted, 4.2.1.6. Immediate need states that “These cases are
> exceptional”, but that is no longer correct. End user organizations
> requiring less a /24 of address space may also be unable to acquire space
> from their upstream ISP, and may instead need to receive a /24 from ARIN via
> transfer.
> 
> Policy statement:
> 
> Replace Section 4.2.2 with:
> 
> 4.2.2. Initial allocation to ISPs
> 
> “All ISP organizations without direct assignments or allocations from ARIN
> qualify for an initial allocation of up to a /21, subject to ARIN’s minimum
> allocation size. Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation
> by documenting how the requested allocation will be utilized within 24
> months for specified transfers, or three months otherwise. ISPs renumbering
> out of their previous address space will be given a reasonable amount of
> time to do so, and any blocks they are returning will not count against
> their utilization.
> 
> Replace Section 4.3.2 to read:
> 
> 4.3.2 Minimum assignment
> 
> ARIN’s minimum assignment for end-user organizations is a /24.
> 
> End-user organizations without direct assignments or allocations from ARIN
> qualify for an initial assignment of ARIN’s minimum assignment size.
> 
> Replace the first two sentences of Section 4.3.3. Utilization rate to read:
> 
> Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation by providing
> appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for specified
> transfers, or 12 months otherwise.
> 
> Resulting new section 4.3.3 will be:
> 
> Organizations may qualify for a larger initial allocation, by providing
> appropriate details to verify their 24-month growth projection for specified
> transfers, or 12 months otherwise.
> 
> The basic criterion that must be met is a 50% utilization rate within one
> year.
> 
> A greater utilization rate may be required based on individual network
> requirements.
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Timetable for implementation: Immediate
> 
> Anything else
> 
> The text in 4.2.2 “for specified transfers, or three months otherwise” and
> the text in 4.3.3 “for specified transfers, or 12 months otherwise” should
> be stricken if ARIN-prop-227 is adopted.
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