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

[Martin Hannigan]

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:22 PM Chris Woodfield <chris at semihuman.com> wrote:

> I question the use of the word “contractural” vs “contractual” here - per
> the OED, “contractural” has two definitions, one of which is medical, the
> other being “another term for ‘contractual’”*. So while the proposed
> language is technically correct, I feel that I will not be the first or the
> last person to think this might be a typo. I'd recommend changing that
> word, but otherwise support as written.
>


Agreed. Contracture is a medical term. Perhaps whoever wrote this
understood that fees can risk contracture?

:-)

However, it seems more likely to be a Scrivener's Error which should simply
be corrected without a lot of fanfare or risk.

$0.02

Warm regards,

-M<




> Thanks,
>
> -Chris
>
> * See https://www.google.com/search?q=contractural - Google's definition
> results are provided by Oxford Languages.
>
> On Apr 20, 2021, at 11:44 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
>
> 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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