[arin-ppml] ARIN 58 Table Topic - If the Waitlist didn’t exist, what would?

['Eric C. Landgraf']

On Oct 28 12:25, Mike Burns wrote:
> I was not at that table discussion, but if I was I would ask why there
> is no information regarding recovered addresses as they move through
> quarantine, or whatever process ARIN takes to make the addresses ready
> to allocate.  Waiting-list members must already endure an opaque
> process, ARIN could provide them with valuable information but chooses
> not to do so. 

Hi Mike,

At the table discussion, it was asked why we don't have more
transparency into the waitlist process, especially with regards to who
is getting these distributions. I think that would influence the
conversation we have about the future of the waitlist: If everyone
actually is a newcomer, then it's much easier to codify that into policy
(or let good enough alone). Although I believe your question here is
"why doesn't ARIN publish which blocks it has reclaimed?", and I'm sure
the answer to that is, in part, to avoid hijacking and abuse of
unallocated resources that are still "on hold", and to allow for an
organization to remember to pay their RSP fees.

	Eric C. Landgraf
	Virginia Tech