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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><pre>On 6/18/12, Jimmy Hess wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>I would suggest something like, er:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>4.6.7 All ARIN listed resources are subject to Number resource policies<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Number policies apply equally to all resources in the ARIN<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>registry, including legacy<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> allocations made by previous registries which are placed under<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>administration of ARIN.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> ARIN requires a signed RSA for all resources listed in the ARIN<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>number registry,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> and also as a requirement for the privilege of transferring,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>reassigning, or reallocating any number resource..<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> ARIN will list legacy allocations and resources not compliant with<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the signed RSA requirement in the ARIN WHOIS directory,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> only on a best-effort basis, and may label such entries as<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Non-Compliant or Non-Validated Resource.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> ARIN will accept contact information update requests for<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>non-compliant resources that ARIN is able to verify,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> and maintain WHOIS listings for non-compliant resources until such<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>time as the registration is<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> removed, revoked, or brought into compliance, or ARIN is shown<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>proof that listed WHOIS information<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> is inaccurate, invalid, not a responsive contact, not the right<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>contact, or a new attempt<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> by the non-compliant resource holder to transfer, repurpose, or<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>delegate any portion of the resource has been attempted, without<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>contacting ARIN to request approval.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre> ARIN may remove assignments of non-compliant number resources upon<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>finding evidence that the resource is abandoned or unused<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> for a period of 3 months or longer, if there is no signed RSA, and<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>after reasonable efforts<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> to contact a resource holder have been attempted and failed, or<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>if contact is made, and a<o:p></o:p></pre><pre> resource holder fails to sign the RSA within 30 days.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><< M Lindsey >> Adopting and implementing the above policy proposal would most certainly (a) invite formal disputes with legacy resource holders, and (b) provide the alternative Internet registries with great marketing material!<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#404040'>Marc Lindsey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#686667'>Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#686667'>2001 L Street, NW Suite 900<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#686667'>Washington, DC 20036<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#595959'>Phone:</span><span style='color:#007BAF'> (202) 857-2564<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#686667'>Email:</span><span style='color:blue'> </span><span style='color:#007BAF'><a href="mailto:adelgado@lb3law.com"><span style='color:#007BAF'>mlindsey@lb3law.com</span></a></span><span style='color:#003399'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>