<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Good day and greetings, ARIN community.<br></div><div><br></div><div>We had a suggestion for some modified text to the Draft Policy, primarily in response to feedback and reactions from ARIN 57 and PPML discussions, as many of the concerns related to potential gaming of the system to access the ARIN address pool for out-of-region use. The brief background and suggested change text is as follows:<br></div><div><br></div></div></div><blockquote><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">As a reminder, this proposal is to modify the following text in Section 9:</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> * FROM: IPv4: At least a /22 used in region.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> * TO: IPv4: At least a /24 used in region.</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">The intent is to amend the proposal, including text to specifically exclude out of region usage as justification to get IPv4 from the waiting list. </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><blockquote><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">Suggested text - Option 1:</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:black"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt"> </span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"><b><i><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Out of Region usage justification can only be used to acquire IPv4 addresses from the transfer market. Any organization on the Waiting List at the time this policy is implemented will be grandfathered-in.</span></i></b></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0in"><span style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;" class="size"><span style="color:black" class="colour"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif" class="font"><span style="font-size:12pt" class="size">Suggested text - Option 2:</span></span></span></span></span><br></p><p class="" style="margin: 0in"><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><b><i><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Out of Region usage justification may not be used to receive IPv4 addresses from the ARIN Waitlist (4.1.8), Micro-allocation pool (4.4) or Dedicated IPv4 Allocation to facilitate IPv6 Deployment (4.10). Any organization on the Waiting List at the time this policy is implemented will be grandfathered-in.</span></i></b></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">The first option is shorter, and does not specifically refer to ARIN reserve pools, which could change. The second option does not include the term “transfer market”. That term does not appear in the NRPM, and directly mentions the waiting list.</span></span></span><br></p><p style="margin: 0in" class=""><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"><span class="size" style="font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span class="font" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br></p></blockquote><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>The full change to the policy will thus be:<br></div></div></div><blockquote><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 1.35rem; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="problem-statement">Problem Statement<br></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span class="highlight" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span class="font" style="font-family:system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji""><span class="size" style="font-size: 16px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><a style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 122, 153); text-decoration: underline;" data-autolink="Section--9" class="autolink" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/#9-out-of-region-use" target="_blank">Section 9</a><span> </span>of the NRPM, Out of Region Use, requires organizations to use at least a /22 in the ARIN region before they can justify out of region use. This harms smaller organizations that have less than a /22 in region but do require some out of region use.<br></span></span></span></span></p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 1.35rem; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="policy-statement">Policy Statement<br></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.5; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><span>Modify the following text in<span> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/#9-out-of-region-use" class="autolink" data-autolink="Section--9" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 122, 153); text-decoration: underline;">Section 9</a>:</span><br></p><div><span>FROM: </span><br></div><div>IPv4: At least a /22 used in region.<br></div><div>TO:<br></div><div> IPv4: At least a /24 used in region.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>ADDITIONAL TEXT:<br></div><blockquote><div>Out of Region usage justification can only be used to acquire IPv4 addresses from the transfer market. <br></div><div>Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List.<br></div><div>[Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect shall be exempted and will not be affected by this change.]<br></div></blockquote><div>OR<br></div><blockquote><div>Out-of-Region Usage Justification may not be used to receive IPv4 address space from the ARIN Waiting List (4.1.8), the Micro-allocation Pool (4.4), or the Dedicated IPv4 Block to Facilitate IPv6 Deployment (4.10). <br></div><div>Any organization already on the Waiting List at the time this policy is implemented will be exempted and shall remain eligible under the rules in effect at the time of its placement on the Waiting List.<br></div><div>[Organizations on the Waiting List at the time this policy takes effect shall be exempted and will not be affected by this change.]<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Note the text in square brackets suggests the intent of the last sentence, and may be considered for substitution for brevity.<br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div>Please submit your comments of support, dissent, encouragement or disapproval for the policy, and for the proposed text changes. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; white-space:normal; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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