[arin-ppml] Advisory Council Meeting Results - September 2026

[ARIN]

In accordance with the Policy Development Process (PDP), the Advisory Council met on 17 September 2026.

The AC has advanced the following to Recommended Draft Policy status (will be posted separately for discussion):

*ARIN-2025-3: Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria

The AC advances Draft Policies to Recommended Draft Policy status once they have been fully developed and meet ARIN's Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy. Specifically, these principles are:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community

AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:

“The proposal seeks to remove some perceived usage minimums, particularly to the benefit of smaller operators operating within the ARIN service region, by reducing the required minimum space threshold to qualify for allowing use of ARIN IPv4 resource assignments outside of the ARIN region. 

This recommendation has been generally supported overwhelmingly by the community, although some community members have expressed a preference to see the elimination of all out-of-region restrictions. The Advisory Council found that this view is not representative of the feedback overwhelmingly expressed by the community and that it maintains key restrictions to prevent attempts to bypass, manipulate, or exploit unintended gaps in this policy to limit potential abuse, and that the policy is suitable to be advanced to recommended status.

This policy, upon adoption, lowers the minimum IPv4 utilization threshold within the ARIN region required for organizations to qualify to deploy ARIN-assigned IPv4 resources outside the ARIN region.”


The AC has advanced the following Proposal to Draft Policy status (will be posted separately for discussion):

*ARIN-prop-353: Define Out Of Region Use

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate the discussion to assess the conformance of this draft policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community


The AC is continuing to work on:

Recommended Draft Policies:

*ARIN-2025-1: Clarify ISP and LIR Definitions and References to Address Ambiguity in NRPM Text
*ARIN-2025-7: Make Policy in 6.5.8.2 Match the Examples
*ARIN-2025-8: Reserve 4.10 space for In-Region Use

Draft Policies:

*ARIN-2026-1: Taking IP To Other Planets (TIPTOP)
*ARIN-2026-2: NRPM Section 6.5 Revision
*ARIN-2026-3: NRPM Section 6.4.1 Retirement
*ARIN-2026-4: Harmonize Section 1 and Section 6, Principles and Goals Statements


The PDP can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/ 

Recommended Draft Policies, Draft Policies, and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/ 


Regards,

Eddie Diego
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)