<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div>David - </div><div><br class=""></div><div>In addition to the RSA language John cited, Section 12 of the NRPM gives ARIN the right to review an organization’s resource usage at any time for continued compliance with community-driven policy. I suspect that these reviews are not common, however. What’s more common, in my view, is an organization’s request for additional resources, which must come with justification that currently-held resources are being used in compliance with policy. I do not believe that these are checked against the original requests for consistency, however.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I’d be curious if the clause below can be interpreted as giving organizations a duty to report *any* substantial changes in an organization’s allocation plans if they diverge from the justification filed at the time of the request, or only when such changes would have the effect of putting the organization out of compliance with current policy. I can see the former interpretation being rather troublesome for a large number of organizations, given how often business plans and environments can change over time, as well as adding quite a bit of (IMO unnecessary) overhead to IP allocation managers.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>That said, I can see ARIN being quite justified in reclaiming resources if the justification documentation filed with the request had no bearing to the org’s actual plans. I suspect that to be the unspoken subtext of the current controversy, and I absolutely believe that ARIN would and should act similarly in such a scenario (which, in the past, it has).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Regards,,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>-Chris</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 1, 2021, at 1:21 PM, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" class="">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Excellent question. The most important item is for the community to determine its policy goals in this area, and then based on such what requirements/duties belong in policy language
in Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM.)</div>
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<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>The ARIN RSA places an explicit duty of “Information and Cooperation” on number resource holders (see below) that can be used to enforce community-developed policy in this area, but the
communities thoughts on the appropriate policy really should drive the discussion – </div>
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<div class="column"><p class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">2.(c) Information and Cooperation. Holder has completed an application provided by ARIN for one or more
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">Services (the “Application”). Holder must (i) promptly notify ARIN if any information provided in the Application
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">changes during the term of this Agreement, and (ii) make reasonable efforts to promptly, accurately, and completely provide any information or cooperation required pursuant to the
Service Terms or in response to any inquiry or request made to Holder by ARIN during the term of this Agreement. In addition, Holder shall promptly provide ARIN with complete and accurate information, and cooperation as required by any Service Terms or
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">that ARIN requests in connection with ARIN’s provision of any of the Services to Holder. If Holder does not
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">provide ARIN with such information or cooperation that ARIN requests, ARIN may take such failure into account in evaluating
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">Holder’s subsequent requests for transfer, allocation or assignment of additional number
</span><span style="font-size: 10.000000pt; font-family: 'ArialMT'" class="">resources, or requests for changes to any Services. </span></i></p>
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Note that material breach of Section 2(c) is one of the events that provides ARIN clear right of termination for the RSA and subsequent revocation of the number resources – so let’s be extra careful
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On 1 Sep 2021, at 3:47 PM, David Farmer <<a href="mailto:farmer@umn.edu" class="">farmer@umn.edu</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">So, do ARIN resource holders have a duty to report changes in their use of resources? If they do, where does that duty come from in policy or contract language? And, what are the relevant changes that need to be reported?</div>
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<div class="">In the RSA I see where holders are granted, "The right to use the Included Number Resources within the ARIN database" (RSA section 2.b bullet 2). However, I don't see any limitation to that use, such as "originally justified" or any obligation to
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<div class="">In policy, "An end-user is an organization receiving assignments of IP addresses exclusively for use in its operational networks." (NRPM 2.6), with an exception for incidental or transient use (last paragraph, section 2.5).</div>
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<div class="">Maybe to align end-user requirements with the new Registration Services Agreement we should change that so end-users have to report any use, other than incidental or transient use, outside their organization.</div>
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<div class="">And ISP's have requirements to report the use by their customers that exceed certain levels (NRPM sections 4.2.3.7 and 6.5.5).</div>
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<div class="">So, other than the ISP reporting requirements, I don't see direct reporting obligations for change in use. Further, I don't see any guidance to what might be a material change in use that is in need of reporting, as I'm sure we don't want ARIN
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<div class="">Are there reporting requirements I'm missing? Maybe implied or indirect requirement?</div>
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<div class="">Should something be added to ARIN's policies explicitly stating requirements for reporting a change in the use of resources?</div>
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