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<div>On Oct 21, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Mike Burns wrote:</div>
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<div>IMO, yes, there should be a stringent justification for need for free pool addresses, and no need justification for transfers, as long as we prevent gaming the system through simple expedients like preventing transfers of addresses from those who have
tapped the free pool less than a year ago, and limiting needs-free transfers to less than a /12 per year.</div>
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<div>Mike - </div>
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<div> A party which requests assignments from ARIN's free pool</div>
<div> based on documented need, and then subsequently attempts </div>
<div> to transfer them within 12 months is likely to be considered</div>
<div> an attempt at number resource fraud under existing policy</div>
<div> (as they filed documentation which explained their need and </div>
<div> which they now no longer have, but now replaced by a desire</div>
<div> for monetization of the obtained resources) ARIN is highly</div>
<div> likely to initiate NRPM 12 resource review to confirm that the</div>
<div> original request for resources was not fraudulent in nature.</div>
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<div> I cannot state the converse is true (a party which transfers</div>
<div> addresses suddenly having developed a new need for more</div>
<div> addresses because of changing circumstances) We would</div>
<div> obviously carefully evaluate the request, but are unlikely to</div>
<div> be able to prevent making an otherwise valid assignment</div>
<div> without specific policy guidance which prevents that form </div>
<div> of "gaming the system". I do not know if such policy would</div>
<div> be desirable but note it for completeness in consideration of</div>
<div> the proposed draft policy.</div>
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<div>FYI,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>ARIN</div>
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