[arin-ppml] Revised - ARIN-2025-6: ARIN-prop-345: Fix formula in 6.5.2.1c

[Eric C. Landgraf]

> On Wed, Sep 3, 2025 at 2:23?PM ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:
> > * ARIN-2025-6: ARIN-prop-345: Fix formula in 6.5.2.1c
> > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_6/
> >
> > Policy Statement:
> >
> > In 6.5.2.1c, replace:
> >
> > "This calculation can be summarized as /N where N = P-(X+Y) and P is the organization?s Provider Allocation Unit X is a multiple of 4 greater than 4/3*serving sites and Y is a multiple of 4 greater than 4/3*end sites served by largest serving site."
> >
> > with:
> >
> > "This calculation can be summarized as /N where N = P-(X+Y) and P is the organization?s Provider Allocation Unit, X is a multiple of 4 greater than 4/3*log_2(serving sites) and Y is a multiple of 4 greater than 4/3*log_2(end sites served by largest serving site).
> >
> > In 2.15 and 2.16, replace "provider assignment unit" with "provider allocation unit."
> All 5 at the lunch topic landed on advancing the draft as written, but
> ALSO bringing forward a new draft to rewrite section 6.5.2.1 for
> better clarity. These views were captured by Eric Landgraf and Lee
> Howard later at the mic.

Rewriting the section, or re-visiting the allocation strategy entirely,
is definitely worthwhile future work. But fixing the gross error should
be the first thing we do. Thank you to the author of this proposal.

	Eric C. Landgraf