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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 18 August 2022, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted "ARIN-prop-317: Direct Assignment Language Update" as a Draft Policy.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policy ARIN-2022-12 is below and can be found at:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_12/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_12/</a></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><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: <a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/</a></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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Draft Policy ARIN-2022-12: Direct Assignment Language Update</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>As a result of ARIN's fee harmonization direct allocations are no longer being utilized within ARIN databases, therefore language around that has been deprecated and should be modernized.</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>Section 3.6.3:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Remove “direct allocation” from “This policy applies to every Organization that has a direct assignment, direct allocation, or AS number from ARIN (or one of its predecessor registries) or a reallocation from an upstream ISP.”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 4.2.2, paragraph 1: change “direct assignments or allocations” to “ARIN-issued IPv4 addresses”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 4.2.2, paragraph 2: change “direct allocations, direct assignments, re-allocations or reassignments” to “ARIN-issued IPv4 addresses, re-allocations or reassignments”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 4.3.2: change “direct assignments or allocations” to “ARIN-issued IPv4 addresses”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 6.5.8: change “Direct Assignments from ARIN to End-user Organizations” to “End-user Allocations”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 8.5.4: change “direct assignments or allocations” to “ARIN-issued IPv4 addresses”</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Section 8.5.6: change “direct assignments or allocations” to “ARIN-issued IPv4 addresses”</p><p class=MsoNormal>Comments:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timetable for implementation: Immediate</p></div></body></html>