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

[Michael Sinatra]

Question: Does this change affect in any way the services provided by
ARIN to legacy holders who are not under (L)RSA?  The new wording
proposed for section 2 doesn't seem to account for that category.  My
thought is to simply delete 4.2.1.2 and be done with it.  Does the NRPM
need to include a definition of the RSA?

thanks,
michael


On 1/15/21 12:55 PM, ARIN wrote:
> The following Draft Policy has been revised:
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> * ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee
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> Revised text is below and can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_8/
> <https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_8/>
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> You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
> evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this Draft
> Policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as
> stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these
> principles are:
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> * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
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> * Technically Sound
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> * Supported by the Community
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> The PDP can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/
> <https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/>
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> Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/
> <https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/>
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> Regards,
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> Sean Hopkins
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> Policy Analyst
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> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> Draft Policy ARIN-2020-8: Clarify and Update 4.2.1.2 Annual Renewal Fee
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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:
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> 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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