+ 0.6666666667<br><br>On Thursday, March 3, 2022, Scott Leibrand <<a href="mailto:scottleibrand@gmail.com">scottleibrand@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>+1 to Owen's clarification.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Since it's impossible to evaluate a change like this without seeing what's being changed, here's the existing language (which should be included in the Policy statement):<br><br></div><div>8.5.6. Efficient Utilization of Previous Blocks<br>Organizations with direct assignments or allocations from ARIN must have efficiently utilized at least 50% of their cumulative IPv4 address blocks in order to receive additional space. This includes all space reassigned to their customers.<br></div><div><br></div><div>8.5.7. Alternative Additional IPv4 Address Block Criteria<br>In lieu of 8.5.5 and 8.5.6, organizations may qualify for additional IPv4 address blocks by demonstrating 80% utilization of their currently allocated space. If they do so, they qualify to receive one or more transfers up to the total size of their current ARIN IPv4 address holdings, with a maximum size of /16.</div><div><br></div><div>And for reference, the NRPM 4.5 Multiple Discrete Networks policy (for space from the free pool, which until 2016 was referenced in transfer policy), states:</div><div><br>7. When applying for additional internet address registrations from ARIN, the organization must demonstrate utilization greater than 50% of both the last block allocated and the aggregate sum of all blocks allocated from ARIN to that organization. If an organization is unable to satisfy this 50% minimum utilization criteria, the organization may alternatively qualify for additional internet address registrations by having all unallocated blocks of addresses smaller than ARIN’s current minimum allocation size.<br>8. The organization may not allocate additional address space to a location until each of that location’s address blocks are 80% utilized.<br><br></div><div>So it appears that this policy change would allow organizations with individual discrete networks over 80% utilization, but whose overall utilization is less than 50%, to receive additional space via transfer for use in the >80% networks. That seems reasonable to me.</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 2, 2022 at 2:27 PM Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Generally, I don’t have a problem with this, but I think that the requirement should be that “Each discrete network requesting additional resources (whether via waiting list or transfer) must meet…”</div><div><br></div><div>As currently worded, it could be construed to require each discrete network to be 80% utilized before a transfer can be acquired by any of them, which I think is entirely contrary to the intent of the MDN policy in the first place.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><br><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Draft Policy ARIN-2022-1: MDN Clarification for Qualification</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Problem Statement:</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Problem Statement: The requirements for transfers involving companies operating multiple discrete networks under section 8.5 of the NRPM are unclear and need clarification.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Policy statement:</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Replace the first paragraph of Section 8.5.7 with the following:</div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Organizations may qualify for additional IPv4 address blocks by demonstrating 80% utilization of their currently allocated space. In organizations operating multiple discrete networks, each discrete network may be assessed individually for the 80% utilization threshold. To qualify under this policy, the organization must provide justification that each network is discrete, per the criteria described in section 4.5. Each discrete network must meet the projection requirements in section 8.5.5, and each discrete network must meet the utilization requirements in section 8.5.6. Organizations may receive one or more transfers up to the total size of their current ARIN IPv4 address holdings, up to a maximum size of /16.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Timetable for implementation: Any</div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">______________________________<wbr>_________________</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">ARIN-PPML</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (</span><a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">).</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" target="_blank">https://lists.arin.net/<wbr>mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline">Please contact<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;w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