<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Michael, your quoting makes it look as if you are responding to us recommending 2014-1 et. al to the board.<div><br></div><div>That's not what happened...</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2014, at 12:46 , Michael Peddemors <<a href="mailto:michael@linuxmagic.com">michael@linuxmagic.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On 14-07-22 12:21 PM, ARIN wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">In accordance with the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP), the ARIN<br>Advisory Council (AC) met on 17 July 2014.<br><br>The AC recommended the following to the ARIN Board for adoption:<br><br>Allocation/Assignment Units to /24<br></blockquote><br>Nice to see.. hopefully it doesn't add too much to ARIN workloads, but we know that many of the little voices out there will thank you.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div>You left out an intervening line from the original message that is important:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 10px;">The AC is continuing to work on the following:"</span></div><div><br></div><div>That means that these proposals are still under discussion and more conversation is exactly what will continue to happen with them.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that clarifies what is going on.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-1: Out of Region Use<br></blockquote><br>I still think more conversation is needed on this one, there are a lot of implications, positive and negative.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-6: Remove 7.1 [Maintaining IN-ADDRs]<br></blockquote><br>+1, ARIN has enough troubles dealing with issues that are of a higher priority, so let's work on dealing with more important issues.<br>A shame that there isn't a replacement pointing to a new responsible entity of course.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-14: Removing Needs Test from Small IPv4 Transfers<br></blockquote><br>This one, while good in intent, is still confusing.. (eg the language on the changes concerns /16's which isn't really a small IPv4 Transfer)<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-15: Allow Inter-RIR ASN Transfers<br></blockquote><br>+1, all logical, can't really see how that can be abused.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-16: Section 4.10 Austerity Policy Update<br></blockquote><br>Small concern..<br>2. the organization must show immediate use (within 30 days) of 25% of the allocation;<br><br>Is 30 days too aggressive? Upstream provider issues, unexpected technical issues?<br><br><br><blockquote type="cite"> Draft Policy ARIN-2014-17: Change Utilization Requirements from<br>last-allocation to total-aggregate<br></blockquote><br>This one I will be commenting more on, in response to Owen's comments, regarding language surrounding supporting other language elsewhere concerning 'rwhois'. General concept isn't bad, but adding language will ensure more professional and proscribed usage of the remaining IPv4 space.<br><br><br><br>-- <br>"Catch the Magic of Linux..."<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Michael Peddemors, President/CEO LinuxMagic Inc.<br>Visit us at <a href="http://www.linuxmagic.com">http://www.linuxmagic.com</a> @linuxmagic<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>A Wizard IT Company - For More Info <a href="http://www.wizard.ca">http://www.wizard.ca</a><br>"LinuxMagic" a Registered TradeMark of Wizard Tower TechnoServices Ltd.<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>604-682-0300 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada<br><br>This email and any electronic data contained are confidential and intended<br>solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed.<br>Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely<br>those of the author and are not intended to represent those of the company.<br>_______________________________________________<br>PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br><a href="http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml">http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><br>Please contact info@arin.net if you experience any issues.<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>