<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thank you to everyone who has thus far provided input on this draft policy. </span><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Per feedback from the community and the AC on improving Inter-RIR transfer language found in section 8.4 of the ARIN NRPM, We are now focusing on the 3rd of three alternative suggestions (see all three far below).</span></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Please review the suggested change below and comment indicating your position for or against the change. Given sufficient support for this proposed language, the next step in the Policy Development Process is for the Draft to be reviewed by staff and legal on its way to becoming a Recommended Draft and presentation at the upcoming PPM in Chicago. </font></div>
<div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Bill Darte</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Policy Shepherd for 2014-2<br>
</font><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">NEW PROPOSED POLICY LANGUAGE...the first sentence of the fourth bullet in quotes immediately below is the only change from current policy)</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><h4 style="line-height:16px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:1em 0px 0.5em;border:0px;padding:0px;font-size:12px!important"><span style="font-weight:normal">8.4. Inter-RIR Transfers to Specified Recipients</span></h4>
<p style="line-height:1.5em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0.5em 0px;border:0px;padding:0px">Inter-regional transfers may take place only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, compatible, needs-based policies.</p>
<p style="line-height:1.5em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0.5em 0px;border:0px;padding:0px">Conditions on source of the transfer:</p><ul style="line-height:16px;font-size:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px">
<li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
The source entity must be the current rights holder of the IPv4 address resources recognized by the RIR responsible for the resources, and not be involved in any dispute as to the status of those resources.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
Source entities outside of the ARIN region must meet any requirements defined by the RIR where the source entity holds the registration.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
Source entities within the ARIN region will not be eligible to receive any further IPv4 address allocations or assignments from ARIN for a period of 12 months after a transfer approval, or until the exhaustion of ARIN's IPv4 space, whichever occurs first.</li>
<li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
<b>"Source entities within the ARIN region may not transfer a block or portion of a block received within the past 12 months."</b> This restriction does not include M&A transfers.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
The minimum transfer size is a /24.</li></ul><p style="line-height:1.5em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0.5em 0px;border:0px;padding:0px">Conditions on recipient of the transfer:</p><ul style="line-height:16px;font-size:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;list-style:none;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px">
<li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
The conditions on a recipient outside of the ARIN region will be defined by the policies of the receiving RIR.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
Recipients within the ARIN region will be subject to current ARIN policies and sign an RSA for the resources being received.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
Recipients within the ARIN region must demonstrate the need for up to a 24-month supply of IPv4 address space.</li><li style="margin:0.25em 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;border:0px;background-image:url(https://www.arin.net/media/images_web/bullet.png);background-color:transparent;line-height:1.5em;font-size:12px!important;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">
The minimum transfer size is a /24.</li></ul></div><div><br></div><div><div><<<<<<<<Original three alternatives were primarily discussed and I wish to elicit feedback from the community relative to each.>>>>>>>></div>
<div><br></div><div>1. Use the existing last sentence as is and ask ARIN staff to be particularly watchful for seeming abuse and to bring such back to the community through regular Policy Experience Reports. There was discussion about this option suggesting that by the time abuse was recognized and reported, and given limited existing free pool stocks and the extended policy development cycle....this option may be moot.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">2</span>. Remove the clause 'and its subsidiaries' or modify it in such a way as to mitigate the risk of a laundering of addresses through fraudulent transfers, but this may still potentially limit the utility to organizations who may have complex organizational structures in use internationally.</div>
<div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">3. T</font><span style="font-size:small">ake an alternative tack and simply restrict transfers on a per-block rather than a per-organization basis. e.g. 'No block acquired within the past 24 months would be eligible for transfer.' (The time frame is of course an arbitrary number at this point.)</span></div>
</div></div></div></div>