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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On 16 June 2022, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-309: Remove Officer Attestation Requirement for 8.5.5" as a Draft Policy.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policy ARIN-2022-3 is below and can be found at:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_3/</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will evaluate the discussion 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:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration</p><p class=MsoNormal>* Technically Sound</p><p class=MsoNormal>* Supported by the Community</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The PDP can be found at:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sean Hopkins</p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Policy Analyst</p><p class=MsoNormal>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policy ARIN-2022-3: Remove officer attestation requirement for 8.5.5</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Problem Statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Requiring an officer attestation requires unnecessary resources and increases the time to complete an IPv4 transfer.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>8.5.5. Block Size</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Organizations may qualify for the transfer of a larger initial block, or an additional block, by providing documentation to ARIN which details the use of at least 50% of the requested IPv4 block size within 24 months.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Removing “An officer of the organization shall attest to the documentation provided to ARIN.” </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timetable for implementation: Immediate </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>