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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Paul,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I should have said “without a change in wait-list processing rules.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Certainly what the Board did was within their purview and appropriate in my view.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But it was a decidedly unusual situation that prompted the cessation of the waiting list, not the normal timing anybody on that list could reasonably expect from a natural change in policy. Leaving them in a quandary, really twisting in the wind.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>An unusual situation, unrelated to these list participants, prompted a change in policy that ended up excluding them. All this policy seeks to do is provide redress for that particular population affected by this unusual situation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But it seems the situation is not to be considered by many, and the new proposal evaluated de novo in an atmosphere that has explicitly changed to favor small holders over large holders in terms of access to the pool. I can appreciate that, things happen, but when it’s in our ability to mitigate unfairness related to change without much cost, I favor doing that. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<br>Mike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Paul Andersen <paul@arin.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 02, 2020 6:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Burns <mike@iptrading.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Jacob Slater <jacob@rezero.org>; arin-ppml@arin.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-ppml] Oppose Draft Policy ARIN-2020-2<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 2, 2020, at 4:44 PM, Mike Burns <<a href="mailto:mike@iptrading.com">mike@iptrading.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>ARIN got wind of fraud and the Executive Board unilaterally ceased Waiting List processing without a change in rules.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ARIN uses the ARIN Policy Development Process (The “PDP”) to produce Number Policy that ARIN ultimately follows.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Section 10.2 of the PDP allows the ARIN Board of Trustees, upon receiving credible information that a policy is flawed in such a way that it may cause significant problems if it continues to be followed, the Board of Trustees may suspend the policy and request a recommendation from the AC on how to proceed. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In this case the Board reviewed the data provided and decided this was the correct course of action.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m not sure I would agree with your characterization of “without a change in the rules”.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Paul Andersen<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Chair, ARIN Board of Trustees<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>