<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">ARIN Community –</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">As a co-shepherd on policy 2023-8 (Gerry George & Brian Jones), we are soliciting the community for feedback on this policy proposal following the discussions and opinions expressed at and since ARIN53.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">They have been distilled into a few main opinions (in no particular order):</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">1. Policy not needed (no change).</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">2. Do away with the Waitlist completely.</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">3.<span data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">Leave the /22 Maximum Allocation unchanged, but introduce a different method or formula of weighting the Waitlist requests </span><span data-mce-style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d1c1d; background: #F8F8F8;" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); background: rgb(248, 248, 248);">to incorporate wait times and allocation size.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #1d1c1d; background: #F8F8F8;" style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); background: rgb(248, 248, 248);">4. </span>Continue to work on it, and clarify wording.</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">5. If to move forward, MUST address those currently on the Wait List and will they be Grandfathered in? (Fairness)</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">Questions for the Community:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; color: black;">a. </span>Do we keep working on this policy? (Y/N - #1, #2)</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">b. If yes, should consideration be given for some formula or weighted method towards allocations to queue occupants? (#3, #4)</p><p style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; background: white;">c. If yes, is there a need to add a clause for dealing with existing waitlist occupants? (#4, #5)</p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">And if so, how should they be handled? </p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Note that if such a clause is determined for inclusion (#5), it will likely apply to ALL currently on the waitlist as at a specific point in time and they ALL would thus be subject to any such clause in the policy, once adopted.</p><p style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span data-mce-style="color: #000080; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Gerry E. George</strong></span><br><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ICT Consultant and Business Solutions Architect;</span></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span data-mce-style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Digi<em>Solv</em>, Inc.</strong> [P.O. Box 1677, Castries, Saint Lucia]</span> </div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><hr style="cursor: default;" data-mce-style="cursor: default;"></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><strong>Mobile</strong>: (758) 728-4858 /<strong> Int'l Office</strong>: (347) 450-3444<span data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;"> / Skype: DigiSolv</span><br><strong>Email</strong>: <a href="mailto:ggeorge@digisolv.com" data-mce-href="mailto:ggeorge@digisolv.com">ggeorge@digisolv.com</a> / <strong>LinkedIn</strong>: <em><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrygeorge/" data-mce-href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrygeorge/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrygeorge/</a></em></div></div><div><span color="#797979" face="Arial" size="3" data-mce-style="font-style: normal; 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