[arin-ppml] Request for Comment & Feedback: Draft Policy ARIN-2025-3: Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria

[Roman Tatarnikov]

Thank you Kat and John. And thank you Gerry for this Policy Proposal.

After reviewing it more closely, I believe Option 2 would be the best one to
go with. It is more explicit and will remove the room for ambiguity or
misunderstanding. I support it.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2026 at 03:35:04PM -0400, Gerry George via ARIN-PPML wrote:
> I note and welcome the comments by Kat Hunter & John Curran regarding
> appropriate language and the use of clauses such as "grandfathered in" as per
> the text suggestion which was submitted.
> For clarity, this was recognized and reflected in the "ADDITIONAL TEXT" section
> of the post below where it said "the full text of the policy...."
> I reproduce this section as follows:
> 
> > The full change to the policy will thus be:
> 
> >>   Problem Statement
> 
> >> [1]Section 9 of the NRPM, Out of Region Use, requires organizations to use at
> >> least a /22 in the ARIN region before they can justify out of region use.
> >> This harms smaller organizations that have less than a /22 in region but do
> >> require some out of region use.
> 
> >>   Policy Statement
> 
> >> Modify the following text in [2]Section 9:
> 
> >> FROM: 
> >> IPv4: At least a /22 used in region.
> >> TO:
> >>  IPv4: At least a /24 used in region.
> 
> > ADDITIONAL TEXT:
> 
> >> Out of Region usage justification can only be used to acquire IPv4 addresses
> >> from the transfer market. 
> >> Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is
> >> implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in
> >> effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List.
> >> [Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect shall
> >> be exempted and will not be affected by this change.]
> 
> > OR
> 
> >> Out-of-Region Usage Justification may not be used to receive IPv4 address
> >> space from the ARIN Waiting List (4.1.8), the Micro-allocation Pool (4.4), or
> >> the Dedicated IPv4 Block to Facilitate IPv6 Deployment (4.10). 
> >> Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is
> >> implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in
> >> effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List.
> >> [Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect shall
> >> be exempted and will not be affected by this change.]
> 
> > Note the text in square brackets suggests the intent of the last sentence, and
> > may be considered for substitution for brevity.
> 
> Thank you to Kat Hunter and John Curran for the clarifications to the community
> regarding wording, clarity of language and intent of terminology used in
> policy.  Furthermore, I applaud their keen insight, careful eye, and vigilance
> on this issue.
> Let's keep the comments and discussions going.

-- 
Roman V Tatarnikov | https://linkedin.com/in/rtatarnikov
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