<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><br>> Thanks for the pointer John. The crux of this impasse, however, is the<br>> community vote. Those with a financial interest in address exhaustion<br>> and their proxies currently have a majority. Even something as clean as<br>> Proposal 112 doesn't stand a chance.<br><br>Huh? Are you saying that there are people who eagerly anticipate the<br>exhaustion for financial reasons? I don't know who that might be;
I<br>see only advocacy for IPv6 and apathy about runout.<br>You will find Board and AC members strongly encouraging IPv6; see <br>past Board statements. <br><br>The AC described its reasons for abandoning 112:<br><pre style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin-left: 40px;"><font size="2">The AC abandoned Proposal 112 "Utilization of 10.4.2 resources only via<br> explicit policy" due to the proposed added restrictions to be placed<br>upon the resource allocation process. Additionally, there was not much<br>support on the PPML.<br></font></pre>This decision was petitioned, but still failed to find support. The<br>petition process doesn't require a majority (which would be impossible<br>if your suggestion were true), only that ten people from different<br><span>organizations agree (<a target="_blank" href="https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html">https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html</a>). If there</span><br>aren't ten people who
agree, is it worth discussing further?<br><br>You should submit a new policy proposal. Terse is good, but clear<br>is better. Any AC member will be happy to help you wordsmith it<br><span>so you get a good start. Find one at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac.html">https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac.html</a></span><br><br>Lee<br><br><br><br></div></div>
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