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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 March 2023, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced the following Draft Policy to Recommended Draft Policy status: </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>* ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The text of the Recommended Draft Policy is below, and may also be found at: </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_4/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_4/</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You are encouraged to discuss all Recommended Draft Policies on PPML prior to their presentation at the next ARIN Public Policy Consultation (PPC). PPML and PPC discussions are invaluable to the AC when determining community consensus. </p><p class=MsoNormal> </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: </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><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> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Sean Hopkins </p><p class=MsoNormal>Senior Policy Analyst </p><p class=MsoNormal>American Registry for Internet Numbers </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Based on community feedback and AC discussion we motion to move ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2 to Recommended Draft, with the following change in text: In Section 2.1, change the text “IP address space” to “Internet number resources”, and in Section 2.2, change the text “address space” to “number resources”. This Draft Policy is fair, impartial, and technically sound and will clarify the intent of the text in sections 2.1 and 2.2.</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>This proposal continues the work that the ARIN AC NRPM Clean-up Working Group undertook to conduct an editorial review of the NRPM. It relates specifically to Sections 2.1 and 2.2. The focus of this proposal is to increase the consistency of terminology employed in the NRPM.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy Statement: </p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>In Section 2.1, change the text “IP address space” to “Internet number resources”, and in Section 2.2, change the text “address space” to “number resources” to reflect all of the types of Internet number resources administered by the types of entities defined in those sections.</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><p class=MsoNormal>Comments: </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposal is intended to replace Prop-305 in part. Although the proposal was drafted in the course of an editorial review of Sections 2.1 and 2.2, some of the changes proposed may not be considered purely editorial in nature and so this proposal is not being presented as strictly editorial.</p></div></body></html>