<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>I’d just like to re-iterate that this proposal is meant to clarify eligibility for natural persons who operate networks and can meet all existing justification and RSA requirements. It does not change the technical standards or allow resources to be issued more freely. Instead, it ensures that qualified individuals are not excluded simply because they have not formed a formal business entity. The existing policy text already makes this clear.</div><div><br></div>I understand the concerns some have raised about hobbyist use, but I want to reiterate that this policy does not open any new path to resources without proper need. It keeps all existing safeguards in place. The only change is to acknowledge that individuals running networks, who already qualify under the technical rules, should be able to request resources in their own name if that reflects how they operate.<div><br></div><div>This improves policy clarity, aligns with ARIN’s mission, and offers a more inclusive framework that continues to support fair and responsible number resource management. I appreciate the Advisory Council’s work on this and look forward to continued discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Preston Louis Ursini<br><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p> </p></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 30, 2025, at 7:50 PM, arin-ppml-request@arin.net wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div>Send ARIN-PPML mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>arin-ppml@arin.net<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>arin-ppml-request@arin.net<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>arin-ppml-owner@arin.net<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of ARIN-PPML digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural<br> Persons (Tyler O'Meara)<br> 2. Re: Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural<br> Persons (David Farmer)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 17:16:06 -0400<br>From: Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com><br>To: David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu><br>Cc: ARIN <info@arin.net>, arin-ppml@arin.net<br>Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to Natural Persons<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><301600ad3f3f9afb88c9b02eed33353bd91625fa.camel@tyleromeara.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"<br><br>To clarify, I am not the author of this proposal.<br><br>This proposal should make no mention of "hobbyists" because it has no special<br>impact on "hobbyists".<br><br>"Hobbyists", as I would define them at least, are not prohibited from getting<br>resources from ARIN today. Nothing in the NRPM or ARIN business practice<br>precludes that. All that is required is that they set up some kind of legal<br>entity, commonly an LLC or Sole Proprietorship, which in many ARIN jurisdictions<br>is a trivial exercise.<br><br>I believe that this policy has the same impact on "hobbyists" that it has on<br>"non-hobbyists": removing the requirement to have some kind of organizational<br>structure that makes ARIN staff happy. Unless we view this requirement as some<br>kind of discriminatory hurdle meant to discourage "hobbyists" in particular (and<br>I don't), then I don't see any particular reason why a change to this<br>requirement should involve "hobbyists" at all.<br><br>As the authors mentioned in the comments, the only thing this changes is the<br>removal of the aforementioned restriction. All other requirements in the NRPM<br>remain the same.<br><br>I do not believe that the legal structure of the requestor of Internet Resources<br>has a material impact on the validity of that request from a policy or technical<br>point of view. Therefore, barring some legitimate legal issue not yet raised, I<br>support this policy.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 15:46 -0500, David Farmer wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I would happily accept something?like "legally recognized?entity or business,"<br>instead?of just "legal?business."?<br><br>Whether or not it is stated?in the NRPM, it is the current operational<br>practice. Further, the word organization would not usually be thought of as<br>including individuals. I'm OK with including individuals operating a business<br>in their own name. Still, this case is on the line for the definition of an<br>organization, where individuals who are not operating a business and are<br>strictly acting as hobbyists are on the other side of that line, in<br>my?opinion.<br><br>If you intend this new definition to change the?current operational practice,<br>and include hobbyists, which?you clearly?do, you must make the case for<br>changing?the current operational practice. You?don't get to define the current<br>operational practice?out of existence. Saying that RIPE allows it really isn't<br>a reason?for ARIN to allow it. One of the reasons the RIRs were created is to<br>allow them to have different?policies.?<br><br>Finally, while I'm willing to be convinced otherwise, I currently don't<br>support including hobbyists. Still, the current text is far from explicit that<br>hobbyists are to be included, and is even further from convincing me that such<br>a change is a good idea.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 2:04?PM Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Having some kind of legal structure which ARIN staff can verify is part of<br>ARIN's current business processes. It is not a requirement stated in the<br>NRPM.<br>In fact the term "organization", despite being used extensively in the NRPM,<br>is<br>not defined at all in the NRPM.<br><br>ARIN staff has, in the absence of a proper definition, (likely correctly)<br>interpreted the term organization to exclude natural persons broadly, with<br>some<br>exceptions (such as sole proprietorships). However, they have not and do not<br>require that all organizations engage in business. In fact, many<br>organizations<br>like government agencies, NGOs and even international treaty organizations<br>are,<br>and should be, considered to be organizations.<br><br>I will note that prior attempts to define organization in the NRPM have<br>failed,<br>usually because they have not been inclusive enough to capture what we<br>actually<br>mean. Personally, I think an "organization" for the purposes of the NRPM<br>should<br>be "an entity or subdivision thereof capable of entering into a legal<br>contract<br>with ARIN". Any restrictions on who or what can acquire resources, and for<br>what<br>purposes, belong in the sections defining justifications for those<br>resources.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 13:38 -0500, David Farmer wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">It is part of the current criteria. Further, calling a natural person, who<br>is<br>not acting as a business and is strictly a hobbyist, an organization seems<br>a<br>bit of a stretch to me.<br><br>If you want to change things to?include hobbiests, it should be a<br>clear?and<br>explicit change, not something snuck in the back door of a fuzzy<br>definition.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br>On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:21?PM Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com><br>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Why is "Operate as legal businesses within the ARIN service region" a<br>"fundamental criteria that must be included in the definition of an<br>organization"?<br><br>That requirement does not seem self-evident to me.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 12:59 -0500, David Farmer via ARIN-PPML wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I do not support the policy as written. As written, it is unclear<br>whether<br>natural persons not conducting business and acting solely as hobbyists<br>are<br>excluded. However, natural?persons operating businesses in their own<br>name<br>should be considered valid organizations.<br><br>Organizations must;?<br>???1. Operate as legal businesses within the ARIN service region.<br>???2. Operate a network within the ARIN service region with Internet<br>number<br>resources allocated by or registered with ARIN.<br>???3. Meet?other policy or eligibility criteria.<br>?From a policy perspective, the first?two are fundamental criteria<br>that<br>must<br>be included in the?definition of an organization.<br><br>I suggest the following revision?to the policy text;<br><br><blockquote type="cite">2.x Organization<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">An organization is a company, corporation, partnership, sole<br>proprietorship,<br>government agency, non-profit entity, educational institution, or<br>natural<br>person operating as a legal business within the ARIN service region.<br>It<br>must<br>also operate a network within the ARIN service region with Internet<br>number<br>resources allocated?by or registered with ARIN and meet other policy<br>or<br>eligibility criteria.<br></blockquote><br>I also want?to point out the recent blog post by ARIN Staff about this<br>subject.<br>https://www.arin.net/blog/2025/05/28/individual-requests/<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 12:33?PM ARIN <info@arin.net> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On 15 May 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted ARIN-prop-<br>343:<br>Resource Issuance to Natural Persons as Draft Policy. <br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4 is below and can be found at:<br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_4<br><br>You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC<br>will<br>evaluate the discussion to assess the conformance of this draft<br>policy<br>with<br>ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated in<br>the<br>Policy<br>Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:<br><br>* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration<br>* Technically Sound<br>* Supported by the Community<br><br>The PDP can be found at:<br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/<br><br>Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at: <br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Eddie Diego<br>Policy Analyst<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br><br><br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons<br><br>Problem Statement:<br><br>ARIN policies currently restrict the issuance of number resources to<br>organizations. This limits access for individuals who are running<br>networks<br>under their own legal name, especially in regions where forming or<br>registering a business is not required or feasible. Other RIRs such<br>as<br>RIPE<br>NCC allow individuals to receive resources directly. ARIN should<br>consider<br>similar flexibility to ensure equal and consistent access to<br>Internet<br>number<br>resources for all operators, regardless of legal structure.<br><br>Policy Statement:<br><br>This proposal introduces explicit policy text into the NRPM to allow<br>number<br>resource issuance to natural persons (individuals) who provide valid<br>justification and identity verification.<br><br>Amend NRPM Section 2 to add the following definition:<br><br>2.18 Organization<br><br>An organization is a company, corporation, partnership, sole<br>proprietorship,<br>government agency, non-profit entity, educational institution, or a<br>natural<br>person acting in a capacity consistent with operating a network and<br>who<br>meets ARIN?s resource eligibility criteria.<br><br>Comments:<br><br>Sections 4.2, 5.1, and 6.5 shall be interpreted to allow<br>?organizations?<br>as<br>newly defined in Section 2.12, thereby including individuals where<br>appropriate.<br><br>Staff may develop identity verification and residency requirements<br>appropriate to individuals (e.g., government-issued photo ID and<br>proof<br>of<br>address).<br><br>All resource justification, utilization, and RSA signing<br>requirements<br>remain<br>unchanged.<br><br>There has been extensive discussion of this topic on the ARIN Public<br>Policy<br>Mailing List (PPML) in April 2025. Participants have cited<br>inconsistencies<br>and barriers created by reliance on state-level business registries,<br>and<br>called for more inclusive eligibility mechanisms similar to other<br>RIR<br>regions. The proposal addresses these concerns while maintaining<br>accountability and justification requirements.<br><br>Timetable for implementation:<br><br>Recommend implementation within 3?6 months of ratification to allow<br>ARIN<br>staff and legal counsel to develop supporting processes.<br><br>Anything else:<br><br>This proposal does not reduce the level of justification required to<br>obtain<br>resources, but merely expands eligibility to natural persons who<br>operate<br>networks and meet all existing technical and usage criteria.<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br>Please contact info@arin.net if you experience any issues.<br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>===============================================<br>David Farmer? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota?? <br>2218 University Ave SE? ? ? ? Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029?? Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== <br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br>Please contact info@arin.net?if you experience any issues.<br></blockquote></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>===============================================<br>David Farmer? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota?? <br>2218 University Ave SE? ? ? ? Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029?? Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== <br></blockquote></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>===============================================<br>David Farmer? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota?? <br>2218 University Ave SE? ? ? ? Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029?? Cell: 612-812-9952<br>=============================================== <br></blockquote><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 19:49:40 -0500<br>From: David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu><br>To: "Tyler O'Meara" <arin@tyleromeara.com><br>Cc: ARIN <info@arin.net>, arin-ppml@arin.net<br>Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to Natural Persons<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAN-Dau1z7y2yxQrtr36OmhqLSDPVmt9BFWWjDz6YFycgQMsfLg@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>Let's be intellectually honest, if you want to eliminate the requirement<br>for an organizational structure altogether, remove the word "organization."<br>The word "organization" strongly implies an organizational structure, and<br>beyond that, probably a legally recognized organizational structure; even<br>something as simple as operating a business in your own name is a legally<br>recognized organizational structure. Removing the requirement for that<br>legally recognized organizational structure is not the simple policy change<br>you think it would be. Such a change will likely have legal and operational<br>considerations that go well beyond just policy and impact the fiduciary<br>responsibilities of the board of trustees. This is why the board of<br>trustees has the final approval of policy.<br><br>Take it from someone with several decades of industry experience and more<br>than a decade on the ARIN AC; If we want individual hobbyists included in<br>the scope of this change, and part of the inner geek in me would love that,<br>we need to be very explicit about that kind of change. The fact that<br>individual hobbyists are within the intended scope of the change needs to<br>be much more clearly identified than it is currently. Simply tweaking the<br>definition of the word "organization" isn't explicit enough, in my opinion.<br>Furthermore, if, as I speculate above, this change impacts the fiduciary<br>responsibilities of the board of trustees, we will also need much more<br>justification for a change of that nature. The current justification, that<br>RIPE allows natural persons, isn't going to be enough to justify such a<br>change.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 4:16?PM Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">To clarify, I am not the author of this proposal.<br><br>This proposal should make no mention of "hobbyists" because it has no<br>special<br>impact on "hobbyists".<br><br>"Hobbyists", as I would define them at least, are not prohibited from<br>getting<br>resources from ARIN today. Nothing in the NRPM or ARIN business practice<br>precludes that. All that is required is that they set up some kind of legal<br>entity, commonly an LLC or Sole Proprietorship, which in many ARIN<br>jurisdictions<br>is a trivial exercise.<br><br>I believe that this policy has the same impact on "hobbyists" that it has<br>on<br>"non-hobbyists": removing the requirement to have some kind of<br>organizational<br>structure that makes ARIN staff happy. Unless we view this requirement as<br>some<br>kind of discriminatory hurdle meant to discourage "hobbyists" in<br>particular (and<br>I don't), then I don't see any particular reason why a change to this<br>requirement should involve "hobbyists" at all.<br><br>As the authors mentioned in the comments, the only thing this changes is<br>the<br>removal of the aforementioned restriction. All other requirements in the<br>NRPM<br>remain the same.<br><br>I do not believe that the legal structure of the requestor of Internet<br>Resources<br>has a material impact on the validity of that request from a policy or<br>technical<br>point of view. Therefore, barring some legitimate legal issue not yet<br>raised, I<br>support this policy.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 15:46 -0500, David Farmer wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I would happily accept something like "legally recognized entity or<br></blockquote>business,"<br><blockquote type="cite">instead of just "legal business."<br><br>Whether or not it is stated in the NRPM, it is the current operational<br>practice. Further, the word organization would not usually be thought of<br></blockquote>as<br><blockquote type="cite">including individuals. I'm OK with including individuals operating a<br></blockquote>business<br><blockquote type="cite">in their own name. Still, this case is on the line for the definition of<br></blockquote>an<br><blockquote type="cite">organization, where individuals who are not operating a business and are<br>strictly acting as hobbyists are on the other side of that line, in<br>my opinion.<br><br>If you intend this new definition to change the current operational<br></blockquote>practice,<br><blockquote type="cite">and include hobbyists, which you clearly do, you must make the case for<br>changing the current operational practice. You don't get to define the<br></blockquote>current<br><blockquote type="cite">operational practice out of existence. Saying that RIPE allows it really<br></blockquote>isn't<br><blockquote type="cite">a reason for ARIN to allow it. One of the reasons the RIRs were created<br></blockquote>is to<br><blockquote type="cite">allow them to have different policies.<br><br>Finally, while I'm willing to be convinced otherwise, I currently don't<br>support including hobbyists. Still, the current text is far from<br></blockquote>explicit that<br><blockquote type="cite">hobbyists are to be included, and is even further from convincing me<br></blockquote>that such<br><blockquote type="cite">a change is a good idea.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 2:04?PM Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com><br></blockquote>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Having some kind of legal structure which ARIN staff can verify is<br></blockquote></blockquote>part of<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">ARIN's current business processes. It is not a requirement stated in<br></blockquote></blockquote>the<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">NRPM.<br>In fact the term "organization", despite being used extensively in the<br></blockquote></blockquote>NRPM,<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">is<br>not defined at all in the NRPM.<br><br>ARIN staff has, in the absence of a proper definition, (likely<br></blockquote></blockquote>correctly)<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">interpreted the term organization to exclude natural persons broadly,<br></blockquote></blockquote>with<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">some<br>exceptions (such as sole proprietorships). However, they have not and<br></blockquote></blockquote>do not<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">require that all organizations engage in business. In fact, many<br>organizations<br>like government agencies, NGOs and even international treaty<br></blockquote></blockquote>organizations<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">are,<br>and should be, considered to be organizations.<br><br>I will note that prior attempts to define organization in the NRPM have<br>failed,<br>usually because they have not been inclusive enough to capture what we<br>actually<br>mean. Personally, I think an "organization" for the purposes of the<br></blockquote></blockquote>NRPM<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">should<br>be "an entity or subdivision thereof capable of entering into a legal<br>contract<br>with ARIN". Any restrictions on who or what can acquire resources, and<br></blockquote></blockquote>for<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">what<br>purposes, belong in the sections defining justifications for those<br>resources.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 13:38 -0500, David Farmer wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">It is part of the current criteria. Further, calling a natural<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>person, who<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">is<br>not acting as a business and is strictly a hobbyist, an organization<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>seems<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">a<br>bit of a stretch to me.<br><br>If you want to change things to include hobbiests, it should be a<br>clear and<br>explicit change, not something snuck in the back door of a fuzzy<br>definition.<br><br>Thanks.<br><br><br>On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 1:21?PM Tyler O'Meara <arin@tyleromeara.com><br>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Why is "Operate as legal businesses within the ARIN service<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>region" a<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">"fundamental criteria that must be included in the definition of an<br>organization"?<br><br>That requirement does not seem self-evident to me.<br><br>Tyler<br><br>On Fri, 2025-05-30 at 12:59 -0500, David Farmer via ARIN-PPML<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I do not support the policy as written. As written, it is unclear<br>whether<br>natural persons not conducting business and acting solely as<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>hobbyists<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">are<br>excluded. However, natural persons operating businesses in their<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>own<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">name<br>should be considered valid organizations.<br><br>Organizations must;<br> 1. Operate as legal businesses within the ARIN service region.<br> 2. Operate a network within the ARIN service region with<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>Internet<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">number<br>resources allocated by or registered with ARIN.<br> 3. Meet other policy or eligibility criteria.<br> From a policy perspective, the first two are fundamental<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>criteria<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that<br>must<br>be included in the definition of an organization.<br><br>I suggest the following revision to the policy text;<br><br><blockquote type="cite">2.x Organization<br></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite">An organization is a company, corporation, partnership, sole<br>proprietorship,<br>government agency, non-profit entity, educational institution,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>or<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">natural<br>person operating as a legal business within the ARIN service<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>region.<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">It<br>must<br>also operate a network within the ARIN service region with<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>Internet<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">number<br>resources allocated by or registered with ARIN and meet other<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>policy<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">or<br>eligibility criteria.<br></blockquote><br>I also want to point out the recent blog post by ARIN Staff<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>about this<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">subject.<br>https://www.arin.net/blog/2025/05/28/individual-requests/<br><br>Thanks.<br><br>On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 12:33?PM ARIN <info@arin.net> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On 15 May 2025, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>ARIN-prop-<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">343:<br>Resource Issuance to Natural Persons as Draft Policy.<br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4 is below and can be found at:<br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2025_4<br><br>You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>AC<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">will<br>evaluate the discussion to assess the conformance of this draft<br>policy<br>with<br>ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as stated<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>in<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the<br>Policy<br>Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these principles are:<br><br>* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration<br>* Technically Sound<br>* Supported by the Community<br><br>The PDP can be found at:<br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/<br><br>Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:<br><br>https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Eddie Diego<br>Policy Analyst<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br><br><br><br>Draft Policy ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons<br><br>Problem Statement:<br><br>ARIN policies currently restrict the issuance of number<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>resources to<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">organizations. This limits access for individuals who are<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>running<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">networks<br>under their own legal name, especially in regions where<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>forming or<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">registering a business is not required or feasible. Other RIRs<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>such<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">as<br>RIPE<br>NCC allow individuals to receive resources directly. ARIN<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>should<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">consider<br>similar flexibility to ensure equal and consistent access to<br>Internet<br>number<br>resources for all operators, regardless of legal structure.<br><br>Policy Statement:<br><br>This proposal introduces explicit policy text into the NRPM to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>allow<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">number<br>resource issuance to natural persons (individuals) who provide<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>valid<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">justification and identity verification.<br><br>Amend NRPM Section 2 to add the following definition:<br><br>2.18 Organization<br><br>An organization is a company, corporation, partnership, sole<br>proprietorship,<br>government agency, non-profit entity, educational institution,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>or a<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">natural<br>person acting in a capacity consistent with operating a<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>network and<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">who<br>meets ARIN?s resource eligibility criteria.<br><br>Comments:<br><br>Sections 4.2, 5.1, and 6.5 shall be interpreted to allow<br>?organizations?<br>as<br>newly defined in Section 2.12, thereby including individuals<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>where<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">appropriate.<br><br>Staff may develop identity verification and residency<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>requirements<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">appropriate to individuals (e.g., government-issued photo ID<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>and<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">proof<br>of<br>address).<br><br>All resource justification, utilization, and RSA signing<br>requirements<br>remain<br>unchanged.<br><br>There has been extensive discussion of this topic on the ARIN<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>Public<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Policy<br>Mailing List (PPML) in April 2025. Participants have cited<br>inconsistencies<br>and barriers created by reliance on state-level business<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>registries,<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">and<br>called for more inclusive eligibility mechanisms similar to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>other<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">RIR<br>regions. The proposal addresses these concerns while<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>maintaining<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">accountability and justification requirements.<br><br>Timetable for implementation:<br><br>Recommend implementation within 3?6 months of ratification to<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>allow<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">ARIN<br>staff and legal counsel to develop supporting processes.<br><br>Anything else:<br><br>This proposal does not reduce the level of justification<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>required to<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">obtain<br>resources, but merely expands eligibility to natural persons<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>who<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">operate<br>networks and meet all existing technical and usage criteria.<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br>Please contact info@arin.net if you experience any issues.<br></blockquote><br><br>--<br>===============================================<br>David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota<br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>===============================================<br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br>Please contact info@arin.net if you experience any issues.<br></blockquote></blockquote><br><br>--<br>===============================================<br>David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota<br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>===============================================<br></blockquote></blockquote><br><br>--<br>===============================================<br>David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota<br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>===============================================<br></blockquote><br></blockquote><br><br>-- <br>===============================================<br>David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu<br>Networking & Telecommunication Services<br>Office of Information Technology<br>University of Minnesota<br>2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815<br>Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952<br>===============================================<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <https://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/attachments/20250530/2a5b02fc/attachment.htm><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML mailing list<br>ARIN-PPML@arin.net<br>https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of ARIN-PPML Digest, Vol 239, Issue 15<br>******************************************<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>