[arin-ppml] Revised - ARIN-2023-8: Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation

[William Herrin]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> Policy Statement:
>
> 4.1.8. ARIN Waitlist
>
> ARIN will only issue future IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding 4.4 and 4.10 space) from the ARIN Waitlist.

Strange formulation since ARIN issues transferred IP addresses to the recipient.


> Organizations which ever held any IPv4 space other than special use space received under section 4.4 or 4.10 are not eligible to apply.

Bad grammar. Which ever held? Even if you fix it to "which have ever
held," it's still a clumsy sentence.

And why exclude 4.4 and 4.10? Are there an abundance of critical
infrastructure providers who don't have other IPv4 space, can't afford
to get it on the market, yet have the time to dilly dally on the
waitlist? Doesn't seem like such infrastructure is particularly
critical.


> Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months.

So if I create an LLC to hold the addresses I can sell the LLC to get
around the transfer restriction? I mean, I could do that anyway but
with this exception the recipient wouldn't even have to maintain the
LLC.


>This policy will be applied to all future distributions from the waitlist to include those currently listed.

Bad grammar. What does "to include" mean here?


> This policy will apply to waitlist requests received following the
> implementation of this policy. Waitlist requests received prior to
> the implementation of this policy will not be affected.

This seems to conflict with the preceding text about it being applied
to all future distributions?


Regards,
Bill Herrin


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William Herrin
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