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

[Martin Hannigan]

That went down hard.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 20:42 William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:13 AM William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> > > https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_6/
> > > Draft Policy 2ARIN-2025-6: ARIN-prop-345: Fix formula in 6.5.2.1c
> >
> > At Friday's AC meeting, I'd like to advance this draft to recommended
> > status. Section 6.5.2.1 determines the initial ISP _maximum
> > entitlement_ to IPv6 addresses. ISPs can, of course, request fewer
> > than this maximum. The draft substitutes the logarithm because the
> > equation is supposed to provide a CIDR netmask rather than a numerical
> > count of subnets. It also makes the "provider allocation unit"
> > language match up throughout the NRPM.
> >
> > As the shepherd, it is my assessment that this text is impartial and
> > technically sound. It makes only neutral corrections to existing
> > policy. As the shepherd, it is also my assessment that it has achieved
> > general consent within the community as written.
>
> FYI, a motion was made at the 1/30/2026 AC meeting to advance this
> policy to recommended draft. The motion was defeated 11 to 3 with 1
> abstention. This means the proposal will continue as a draft policy
> but will not advance at this time.
>
> The meeting minutes will be published at
> https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/ac/meetings/, I think within a
> couple weeks though I'm not 100% sure. As primary shepherd, my
> representations on the draft are characterized above, in prior
> messages on this thread, and in the December meeting minutes.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
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