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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On 15 October 2020, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-292: Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 4 and Related Provisions" as a Draft Policy.<br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2020-9 is below and can be found at:<br><br><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_9/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2020_9/</a> <br><br>You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this draft policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:<br><br>* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration<br>* Technically Sound<br>* Supported by the Community<br><br>The PDP can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</a><br><br>Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:<br><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/</a><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Sean Hopkins<br>Policy Analyst<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br><br><br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2020-9: Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 4 and Related Provisions<br><br>Problem Statement: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>ARIN staff have identified some areas of potential editorial clean-up of section 4 of the NRPM. Building on those recommendations the ARIN AC NRPM Clean-up Working Group undertook an editorial review of section 4. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The focus of the review was to clarify and simplify language, employ consistent and more up to date terminology throughout and renumber the sections after removing section numbers that were no longer being utilized. In the course of this work, we discovered the need for certain changes to sections 2, 3, and 6. We included those that are editorial in nature in this proposal. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Other changes to those three sections will be addressed in subsequent proposals. We are also proposing that the NRPM Table of Contents be updated to reflect the editorial changes to the NRPM contents contained in this proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Policy Statement: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The changes proposed to be made in this editorial proposal are too numerous to list individually. Accordingly, a document is provided at <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/proposals/pdf/ARIN-prop-292-tracked-changes.pdf">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/proposals/pdf/ARIN-prop-292-tracked-changes.pdf</a> that shows the changes being proposed as mark-up text relative to the version of the NRPM in effect when the editorial work of the Working Group started.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Comments:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Timetable for implementation: Immediate.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Anything else: This proposal is intended to be editorial in nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>