<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><div><strong>Draft Policy ARIN-2023-8: Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation</strong></div><div><br></div></div><div>Trying to distill the various discussions and positions as posted in the PPML regarding this policy. The text has been updated, to include a clause to provide protection to existing Waitlist participants' applications that predate the implementation of the policy.<br>We (the shepherds) understand that there is not sufficient support without language providing protection for pre-existing requests, and still seems to not be sufficient even with that aforementioned clause. We are still seeing very polarized positions without a clear move towards consensus.</div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;"><br>"A company joining ARIN’s IPv4 Waitlist today should expect to wait at least three years"<br>"Reducing the maximum allocation from a /22 (1,024 addresses) to a /24 (256 IPv4 addresses) could reduce wait times by almost two-thirds"<br>- John Sweeting, ARIN CCO - ARIN 52<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;">Waitlist size = 824 (as at September 27, 2024)</div><div><br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>This means that the policy, if adopted, will take effect only for new Waitlist entrants, which evokes further discussion on the potential impact which must be examined.</div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>Consider the following points:</div><ul><li>[Do Nothing] When accounting for the current IPv4 Waitlist status, there is an approximately 3+ year wait for the existing requests to be completely fulfilled;</li><li>[Retroactive Protections] If, as per this draft policy, the size is reduced to a /24 minimum, rather than a /22, it will still require a similar 3-year lead time before the pending requests can be fulfilled, to then move to only satisfying requests for /24s.</li><li>[No Protections, Immediate Reductions] If the size is reduced to a /24 minimum for all requests immediately, there will be a significant reduction in duration of wait times. Should requests for larger sizes consider the marketplace for fulfillment?<br></li></ul><div>This means that adoption of the policy with the protection clause, there is a minimum 3-year lag from the date of implementation before any realizable effect on the size of the Waitlist from this policy. As such, it raises the question<br></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;">- is this an efficient approach to addressing the perceived problem?<br></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;">- will this policy lead to a material difference or impact to the availability and allocation of IPv4 addresses (beyond the affordability factor)?</div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;">- should the status quo simply be allowed to obtain?<br>- should the Waitlist be scrapped and allow the retail space handle IPv4 requests (again, noting the affordability factor)?<br></div><div><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><div>We are now seeing 4 feasible options for this Draft Policy:</div><ol><li>Consider revised policy as written (with proposed retroactive protections - still 3+-year lag and wait times);</li><li>Consider policy without any retroactive protections (reduction in wait times by ⅔s);</li><li>Do away with the Waitlist completely (new policy would be required);</li><li>Abandon the policy (essentially, do nothing, no changes to current operations)</li></ol><div>Looking forward to presenting at ARIN 54 in a couple weeks, encouraging lively discussions (including as a Table Topic) and hope that we can arrive at some level of agreement to move forward.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>**ARIN-2023-8: Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation**<br> <br>Revised text is below and can be found at:<br></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;" data-mce-style="padding-left: 30px;">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2023_8</div><div><br></div><div>---------<br>Draft Policy ARIN-2023-8: Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation<br><br>Problem Statement:<br><br>4.1.8 waiting times are too long, making justifications untimely by the time a request is met. New entrants to the waiting list are expected to wait three years for their need to be met under current policy, with a waiting list of around 700 at this point. Data indicates that reducing the current /22 maximum further to a /24 would significantly reduce this waiting period, and further tightening the requirements by replacing the /20 recipient maximum holdings with a /24, and preventing multiple visits to the waiting list queue.<br><br>Policy Statement:<br><br>4.1.8. ARIN Waitlist<br><br>ARIN will only issue future IPv4 assignments/allocations (excluding 4.4 and 4.10 space) from the ARIN Waitlist. The maximum size aggregate that an organization may qualify for is a /24. <br><br>Organizations which ever held any IPv4 space other than special use space received under section 4.4 or 4.10 are not eligible to apply.<br><br>Address space distributed from the waitlist will not be eligible for transfer, with the exception of Section 8.2 transfers, for a period of 60 months. This policy will be applied to all future distributions from the waitlist to include those currently listed. Qualified requesters will also be advised of the availability of the transfer mechanism in section 8.3 as an alternative mechanism to obtain IPv4 addresses.<br><br>Waiting list recipients must demonstrate the need for a /24 on an operating network.<br><br>This policy will apply to waitlist requests received following the implementation of this policy. Waitlist requests received prior to the implementation of this policy will not be affected.<br><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><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; 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