[arin-ppml] 2016-3: Update and request for SUPPORT or OPPOSITION

[David R Huberman]

Hello,

In April, Jason Schiller and Scott Leibrand proposed a policy to allow 
organizations to double their IPv4 address holdings via an 8.3 or 8.4 
transfer without needs justification being performed up to certain size. 
The draft policy text has been updated to define that "certain size" as a 
/16. The Shepherds believe the data shows that the vast majority of 
transfer requests ARIN approves are for /16 or less.

Below is the text.  Please indicate if you SUPPORT or OPPOSE the draft 
policy, or if there are some changes you'd like to see that would allow 
you to support it.

Thank you,
David

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. This proposal allows 
organizations using 80% of their current space to double their current 
holdings via 8.3 or 8.4 specified transfers, up to a /16 equivalent.


In section 8.3, replace:
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.

with:

The recipient must sign an RSA and either:

- Demonstrate 80% utilization of their currently allocated space to 
qualify to receive one or more transfers up to the total size of their 
current ARIN IPv4 address holdings, with a maximum size of /16; or

- Demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IP address space 
under current ARIN policies.

In section 8.4, replace:

Recipients within the ARIN region must demonstrate the need for up to a 
24-month supply of IPv4 address space.

with:

Recipients within the ARIN region must either:

- Demonstrate 80% utilization of their currently allocated space to 
qualify to receive one or more transfers up to the total size of their 
current ARIN IPv4 address holdings, with a maximum size of /16; or

- Demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 address space 
under current ARIN policies.