[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2024-9: Remove outdated carveout for Community Networks

[ARIN]

On 18 July 2024, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-336: Remove outdated carveout for Community Networks” as a Draft Policy.

Draft Policy ARIN-2024-9 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2024_9

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate the discussion 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:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community

The PDP can be found at:

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

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/


Regards,

Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


Draft Policy ARIN-2024-9: Remove outdated carveout for Community Networks

Problem Statement:

Sections 2.11 and 6.5.9 define Community Networks, and provide special dispensation for Community Networks to receive only a /40 of IPv6 space. When these sections were last materially updated in 2017 (ARIN-2017-8), the smallest allowed allocation to a normal ARIN LIR was a /36, so the Community Networks sections still provided value. In 2020 (ARIN-2020-3) however, the NRPM was amended such that any LIR may request to receive only a /40 for any reason. As such, the carveout for Community Networks to receive a /40 is no longer necessary, and potentially confusing.

Policy Statement:

Retire Sections 2.11 and 6.5.9

Timetable for implementation: Immediate