[arin-ppml] ARIN Draft Policy 2017-1: Clarify Slow Start for Transfers proposed updates

[Austin Murkland]

8.5.5. Block size

Organizations may qualify for the transfer of a larger initial block, or an
additional block, by providing documentation to ARIN which details the use
of at least 50% of the requested IPv4 block size within 24 months. An
officer of the organization shall attest to the documentation provided to
ARIN.

Organizations may qualify for an additional block by using a projection of
their address use from 6-24 months of allocations or assignments just prior
to the transfer request.


I think between 8.3, 8.5.5, and 8.5.6 this still becomes a hazardous
guessing game that doesn't account for unexpected growth.  While i'm not
fully comfortable with immediate excision of the needs tests, I do believe
that relaxing them to a significant degree would be a step in the right
direction.  If you're going to re-align an organization's projection
timeframe to 6-24 months, it only makes sense to align 8.3 and 8.4 with
that new standard of 6 months as well.  That way even if an organization is
wrong, there's more than 1 opportunity to correct it within a year
(assuming their only source is ARIN); and increases in pricing or address
availability are limited to a 6 months timeframe.

Is there any interest in moving towards a slow-end of the needs based
tests; where the minimum 12 months (in 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5.5) becomes 6,
after a review period the 6 becomes 3 and later the 3 becomes none as the
transfer market is monitored throughout the slow-end to ensure this isn't
enabling the negative scenario(s) it's designed to prevent?


-Austin

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 1:34 PM, WOOD Alison * DAS <Alison.WOOD at oregon.gov>
wrote:

> The ARIN Draft Policy 2017-1 shepherds working with the original author
> have updated the problem statement and added clarification to section
> 8.5.5.  The AC would like feedback on the proposed updated problem
> statement and modification to 8.5.5. We encourage community members to
> comment on the proposed updates.
>
> Problem Statement (revised):
> Some number of organizations may be uncomfortable making speculative
> forward projections (that are now required under NRPM section 8 for
> purposes of transfer request approval) and prefer that there be available a
> more certain approach based solely on extrapolation of their existing IPv4
> number usage trend.
>
> And adding the following text to the end of 8.5.5
>
> Organizations may qualify for an additional block by using a projection of
> their address use from 6-24 months of allocations or assignments just prior
> to the transfer request.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
>
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