[arin-ppml] Oppose Draft Policy ARIN-2020-2

[Martin Hannigan]

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 8:42 AM Brandt, Jason via ARIN-PPML <
arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:

> I find it hard to understand how you can believe that this is "special
> benefits".
>
>
Grandfathering is a common technique that addresses inequities changes
create. Governments do it and business does it. To some extent, the could
be called "special benefits". However, the context of that is different,
some feel the benefits create an inequity rather than resolve one.

Organizations went through the approved process to get on the wait list to
> *possibly* be assigned an address block. The policy on allocations was
> changed, however the organizations did everything by the book per previous
> policy. The organization is now told that they have to go through the
> process again and wait longer. This has nothing to do with potential space
> allocation. I am all for limiting the allocation amount in the future.
> However, to penalize an organization that has followed the process to this
> point is unfair. This also is no guarantee that these organizations will
> receive an allocation. More likely, they'll continue to wait.
>
> This draft policy is simply to not penalize organizations that went
> through the proper process of what was approved policy at the time. A
> similar scenario would be arresting someone who has broken a law, prior to
> the offense becoming law.
>


The question for me is what, clearly, is the inequity that grandfathering
addresses? Going through the process? Waiting on the list and getting
nothing? There were no guarantees made when a company got on the list as
far as I can tell. The process was minimal and I don't think it in itself
requires any special compensation. This policy, if I read the meeting
minutes correctly and Owen's comments in them, doesn't really help with
much at all.



> I continue to support this policy, not because I agree that larger
> requests should be granted, but because the organizations had followed the
> approved process and policies.
>
>
I'm not entirely certain where I sit on this. So far I haven't seen strong
arguments one way or the other.

Fair enough. Thank you.

Warm regards,

-M<
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