[arin-ppml] LAST CALL for Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-2: Change timeframes for IPv4 requests to 24 months

[Brian Jones]

Support.

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 5:15 PM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 21 October 2016 and decided to
> send Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-2: Change timeframes for IPv4
> requests to 24 months to Last Call:
>
> The AC provided the following statement to the community:
>
> ARIN 2016-2: "Change timeframes for IPv4 requests to 24 months"
> contributes to fair and impartial number resource administration by
> standardizing time frames for requests throughout the NRPM. This will
> streamline procedures for all new requests. The proposal has received a
> favorable community response on PPML, and at ARIN38 it was well
> supported and did not generate any opposition.
>
> 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)
>
>
>
> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2016-2: Change timeframes for IPv4
> requests to 24 months
>
> AC's assessment of conformance with the Principles of Internet Number
> Resource Policy:
>
> 2016-2 is one of a set of overlapping policies involving simplification
> of section 8 specified transfer policy. Each takes a somewhat different
> approach, and all have a degree of community support. Based on community
> feedback at the upcoming ARIN 38 meeting in Dallas, we hope to advance
> whichever of those proposals is best-supported by the community, or
> craft and advance a unified proposal that incorporates the best
> attributes of the proposals currently on the docket. Moving 2016-2 to
> Recommended Draft will facilitate moving the best policy forward in a
> timely manner.
>
> Problem Statement:
>
> Disparity in timeframes between pre-approvals for waiting list and
> pre-approval for transfers is creating difficulties for organizations
> that initially apply to be on the waiting list and subsequently elect to
> satisfy their needs through transfers. Therefore, this proposal seeks to
> set all timeframes for IPv4 request approvals to 24 months. Prior to
> runout, such a change could have created great disparity in resource
> distribution just because of coincidence of request timing. With the
> free pool gone, this is no longer an issue.
>
> Policy statement:
>
> The following changes would be made in the NRPM:
>
> 1. Retitle section 4.2.2.1.3 “Three months” to “Time Horizon”.
>
> 2. Section 4.2.2.1.3 body, replace “three months” with “24 months”.
>
> 3. Section 4.2.3.8, replace the term “three months” with “24 months”.
>
> 4. Section 4.3.3, replace both instances of “one year” with “24 months”.
>
> 5. Section 4.2.4.3, replace the entire paragraph which currently reads:
> "ISPs may request up to a 3-month supply of IPv4 addresses from ARIN, or
> a 24-month supply via 8.3 or 8.4 transfer. Determination of the
> appropriate allocation to be issued is based on efficient utilization of
> space within this time frame, consistent with the principles in 4.2.1.”
>
> with:
>
> “ISPs may request up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 addresses.”
>
> Comments:
>
> a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate
>
> b. Clarification of intent - This policy would not affect the existing
> waiting list in any way. This policy would simply change the
> qualification period to 24 months, so new entrants can go to either the
> bottom of the waiting list or to the transfer market to seek their
> 24-month supply. If an existing entity on the waiting list wants to
> re-qualify and expand their request to a 24-month supply, they would go
> to the end of the list. Otherwise, they would remain on the waiting list
> with the original approved block size unchanged. If the organization's
> needs have changed by the time IPv4 space becomes available to fill
> waiting list requests, the organization will be re-qualified under the
> new more lenient 24-month standard, but regardless of re-qualification,
> the organization will not be eligible to receive a larger block than
> they originally qualified for when they were placed on the waiting list.
>
>
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