<div><br></div><div dir="auto">Policy changes seem reasonable. The mission was to help filter out what the IX community can advise ARIN as to what are not solid requests for resources. It included national security risk. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The policy as currently re-written supports that intent and lets ARIN apply considerations that may be relevant overall while not stunting the value of IXP’s and their growth.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It really can’t get any better.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warm regards,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-M<</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 16:46 William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 12:17 PM Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> The policy gives ARIN wide discretion.<br>
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Policies can't give ARIN discretion. To be fair and consistent with<br>
all registrants, ARIN must understand policies to mean something close<br>
to the broadest reasonable interpretation, and they must consistently<br>
apply that understanding to all applicants.<br>
<br>
Descriptions of intent don't belong in a policy statement; they belong<br>
in the problem statement. The policy statement should say what is or<br>
is not, not what's intended.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Bill Herrin<br>
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William Herrin<br>
<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a><br>
<a href="https://bill.herrin.us/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bill.herrin.us/</a><br>
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