I don't see anything wrong with the AC reccommending that a problem a policy proposal is meant to address, might better be solved or addressed in another manner or in another forum. In fact, I can think of several reasons for why the AC should refer a policy proposal to some other forum and I will give you an example.
<br><br>Last spring we looked at 2005-9 (4 Byte AS Numbers) The policy gives clear dates over the next 3 years and starting in January of 2007, for when ARIN should begin handing out 32 bit AS's and cease to make a distinction between 32 bit and 16 bit AS's. However there is no RFC and only a Internet draft created last fall, that discusses the creation of 4byte AS's. It seemed to me that having the policy go through the local registrar's process, was a bit premature considering that the draft has not gone through the RFC process in IETF and that no hardware supports it. This is a case, where I would have liked to see the AC refer the author to the IETF process to flesh things out a bit more, and if necessary with a nod that "we support this idea" .. As it is now, ARIN can start handing out 32 bit AS's in a little more than 3 months and the draft is still a "proposed standard" "waiting for write up"
<br><br><a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/idindex.cgi?command=id_detail&id=6498">https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/idindex.cgi?command=id_detail&id=6498</a><br> <br>The AC, ARIN and the NRPM are just one part of community that guides the use of number resources. It seems a responsible thing to do, to evaluate policy proposals with consideration for the responsibilities of other resources involved, whether it's IETF, IANA, ICANN, other registrar's, the Board of Trustees, or ARIN staff, and to refer the author or policy to another organization when appropriate.
<br><br>--heather<br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sam Weiler</b> <<a href="mailto:weiler@tislabs.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
weiler@tislabs.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">ARIN's mail servers rejected this PPML post the first time. I'm<br>resending it just to make sure everyone received it.
<br><br>On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Sam Weiler wrote:<br><br>> Earlier this year, the AC rejected two public policy proposals on the grounds<br>> that the "matter ... can best be addressed by the ARIN Board of Trustees."
<br>> [1] [2]<br>><br>> I'd like to hear from each of the ten AC candidates as to whether they agree<br>> that it's appropriate to reject a policy proposal merely because there's<br>> a "better" path for resolving the matter (rather than, for instance, because
<br>> the matter is "clearly inappropriate" for the public policy process).<br>><br>> To be clear, I'm not asking if the AC made the right call on these particular<br>> two proposals -- I'm asking if the candidates think it is appropriate to
<br>> reject a policy proposal merely because they see a better path to<br>> accomplishing its stated goals. (e.g., because they think the new<br>> Consultation and Suggestion Process (ACSP) [3] is a "better" venue for the
<br>> request than the full public policy process)<br>><br>> Personally, I'm disappointed that the AC would reject a policy proposal<br>> merely because it would be "best" addressed outside the public policy process
<br>> rather than because it's "clearly inappropriate" for the public policy<br>> process -- the public policy process should at least be available as a<br>> fallback if the "best" path doesn't work or is unacceptable for some reason.
<br>><br>> -- Sam Weiler<br>><br>> [1] <a href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2006-May/005478.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2006-May/005478.html
</a><br>> [2] <a href="http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2006-June/005505.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/ppml/2006-June/005505.html</a><br>> [3] <a href="http://www.arin.net/about_us/corp_docs/acsp.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.arin.net/about_us/corp_docs/acsp.html
</a><br>><br></blockquote></div><br>