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

[Sean Hopkins]

PPML,

Please note that Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-8 will be revised to correct "contractural agreement" to "contractual agreement" in the policy statement upon the conclusion of Last Call.

Further discussion of this Recommended Draft Policy's merits are highly encouraged in this Last Call period.

Sean Hopkins
Senior Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers

> On Apr 20, 2021, at 4:37 PM, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Agreed. Contracture is a medical term. Perhaps whoever wrote this understood that fees can risk contracture?
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> :-)
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> However, it seems more likely to be a Scrivener's Error which should simply be corrected without a lot of fanfare or risk.
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> $0.02
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> Warm regards,
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> -M<
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> Thanks,
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> -Chris
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> * See https://www.google.com/search?q=contractural - Google's definition results are provided by Oxford Languages.
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>> On Apr 20, 2021, at 11:44 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
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>> On 15 April 2021, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) sent the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:
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>> * ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee
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>> 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/
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>> 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)
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>> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee
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>> AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:
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>> 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.
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>> Problem Statement:
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>> 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.
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>> Policy Statement:
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>> 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:
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>> 2.X Registration Services Agreement (RSA)
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>> 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).
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>> Comments:
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>> 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)
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>> 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.”
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>> Timetable for Implementation: Immediate
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>> 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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