[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons

[John Curran]

> On Jun 3, 2025, at 11:11 PM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
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> John,
> 
> Thanks to the ARIN Staff and you for the detailed staff and legal review; it defines the problem well.
> 
> I have a related question about organizations from a slightly different angle than direct allocations made by ARIN.
> 
> Considering reassignments and reallocations and their interactions with organizations in the database, particularly when creating an Org ID or an organization within the database to receive a reassignment or reallocation. Are natural persons not operating a business allowed to be listed as an organization solely for obtaining a detailed reassignment or reallocation? Or are natural persons not operating a business effectively limited to receiving a simple reassignment instead, because to be an organization, at least for a direct allocation from ARIN, a natural person must be operating a business? 

It’s not a common occurrence, but for a detailed reassignment or reallocation to an individual, they are reminded that much of their entries in the registry will be public (used to support Internet operations globally) and acknowledge as much via entry into the RSA with ARIN.  (Note that in the United States and Canada, folks can generally operate as a sole proprietor under their full legal name to the extent that they not engaged in sales of taxable goods or in a regulated profession, so this hasn’t been an issue.) 

> It seems unlikely that allowing natural persons to receive a reassignment or reallocation would impact ARIN's B2B operational status, whereas a direct allocation from ARIN would.

See above. 

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers