[arin-ppml] Last Call - Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee

[ARIN]

On 15 April 2021, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) sent the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:

 

* ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee

 

Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 4 May 2021.

 

The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_8/

 

The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/

 

Regards,

 

Sean Hopkins

Senior Policy Analyst

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

 

 

 

Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee

 

AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:

 

This Draft Policy is fair, impartial, and technically sound. This draft policy replaces language identified as problematic by ARIN staff via the Policy Experience Report WG with a proper definition to keep the NRPM focused on numbers policy.

 

Problem Statement:

 

The January 2020 Policy Experience Report highlighted that the existing language in Section 4.2.1.2 “Annual Renewal” references fees. Fees are not considered a member qualification criteria. Since fees aren’t referenced elsewhere in community policy, the wording was reviewed by the PEG.

 

Policy Statement:

 

Given that the Registration Services Agreement (RSA) already contains language regarding fees, the AC Shepherds recommend to eliminate 4.2.1.2. entirely and add:

 

2.X Registration Services Agreement (RSA)

 

Number resources allocated or assigned by ARIN under these policies are subject to a contractural agreement between ARIN and the resource holder. Throughout this document, any and all forms of this agreement, past or future, are simply referred to as the Registration Services Agreement (RSA).

 

Comments:

 

The AC’s understanding is that community policy should not include language referring to fees, as such language is already present in the Registration Services Agreement (RSA)

 

Registration Services has informed us that “Section 4.2.1.2. contains language detailing fee due dates, encouraging on-time payments, and mentions potential revocations. It also contains a reference to web documentation that has evolved significantly since this policy was implemented, and may continue to do so. Essentially the entire section is made of language that is already in the Registration Services Agreement, and is generally fee-focused, making it outside normal scope for Internet number resource policy.”

 

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate

 

Anything Else: Community input since adopting draft has informed this direction. The 2.X placeholder is used as this seems like it might be foundational enough to not be 2.17 but the Shepherds would rather not upset current indexing arbitrarily.

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