<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">No. <div><br></div><div>If a business can’t afford to may market price for addresses, they don’t have as much need for them as someone who can, and shouldn’t expand that part of their business. If an organization has addresses that they have a stronger economic incentive to hold than to free up and sell/lease, then we shouldn’t be trying to find policy levers to force them to do something (economically) inefficient. </div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Scott</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 20, 2023, at 1:45 PM, A N <anita.nikolich@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On behalf of the ARIN AC Policy Experience Working Group, and in response to
the Policy Implementation and Experience Report presented at ARIN 51,
we're looking for input on a possible proposed revamp of NRPM Section 8.5.6 "Efficient Utilization of Previous Blocks". <br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The crux of the issue is there are very large orgs that could have a /8 or more of unused space, yet still qualify for more based on the current policy (<span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-95580fa7-7fff-a496-a6fc-458bb8498e39">"</span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">must have efficiently utilized</span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at least 50%</span><span style="color:rgb(29,28,29);background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">"</span>). Smaller orgs with more immediate needs are in competition for the space, and prices are driven up. <br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">The Working Group would like some input on this before drafting a proposal. Input or thoughts are welcome about: </span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- should the utilization be raised, and if so, to what threshold? </span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- should utilization criteria be tied to the size of the org, in other words tiered?</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">- any other thoughts.</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Thanks much! <br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Anita<br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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