<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 5, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Lindsey, Marc wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I support creating a definition<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">in the NRPM of</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>legacy resources so that future policy proposals can properly acknowledge and address the distinction between the bundle of rights associated with legacy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">numbers</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">the specifically defined contract rights attributable to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>non-legacy resources. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>What distinction would that be?</div><div><br></div><div>I remain unconvinced that any such distinction exists other than some ability to remain static and not pay fees.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I would<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">, however,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>suggest some revisions to the definition<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>proposed.<span style="color: black; "> The revised definition is as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">A legacy resource is an IPv4 address or Autonomous System Number that (a) was issued to an entity (other than a Regional Internet Registry) or individual (the “original legacy holder”) prior to ARIN's inception on Dec 22, 1997 either by an organization authorized by the United States to perform the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (“IANA”) functions or an Internet Registry, and (b) has not been returned to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">a</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Regional Internet Registry under a binding written agreement between the original legacy holder (or its legal successor or assign)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">and the RIR<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>for subsequent allocation<span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and assignment</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in accordance<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: black; ">with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>such RIR’s number resource policies<span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and membership (or service) agreements</span>.</span></div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div>That's a very complex and difficult to parse runon sentence.</div><div><br></div><div>As much as it pains me to do so, I have to agree with Milton that the best definition is: "Legacy allocations/assignments are those allocations/assignments maintained in the ARIN database not covered by any form of RSA between ARIN and the recipient."</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div></body></html>