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<div>That’s an excellent reminder - Let me jump in here and be fairly specific in the concerns: </div>
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<div>a) Terminology: best to avoid term "grandfathering in” – it’s unnecessary gerontological terminology so just omit.</div>
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<div>b) Regarding handling existing entries on the wait list – be explicit regarding their handling if changing policies that affect wait list processing. Entries on the list can be handled differently (out of respect for existing status) or may handled according
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<div>Thanks!</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I would highly recommend removing any language that refers to "grandfathering in". Perhaps "will be exempt until they are removed from the waitlist" but grandfathered in will not pass a staff and legal/community review. We have seen this turned
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jul 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM Tom Fantacone via ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>"Using the term "transfer market" as in <b>Option 1 </b>is bound to create ambiguity since the term is not defined anywhere in the NRPM."<br>
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To: "Gerry George"<<a href="mailto:ggeorge@digisolv.com" target="_blank">ggeorge@digisolv.com</a>><br>
Cc: "ARIN PPML"<<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Request for Comment & Feedback: Draft Policy ARIN-2025-3: Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria<br>
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<div>Thanks for the clarifications. <br>
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<div>I support the policy as written in Option 2. It's very clear and explicit.<br>
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<div>Using the term "transfer market" as in Option 2 is bound to create ambiguity since the term is not defined anywhere in the NRPM.<br>
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:11:45 -0600<br>
Subject: [arin-ppml] Request for Comment & Feedback: Draft Policy ARIN-2025-3: Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria<br>
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<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
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">As a reminder, this proposal is to modify the following text
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> * FROM: IPv4: At least a /22 used in region.</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"> * TO: IPv4: At least a /24 used in region.</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span 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>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Suggested text - Option 1:</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in 0in 12pt"><b><i><span 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>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style=""><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Suggested text - Option 2:</span></span></span></span></span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></span></span><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><b><i><span 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>
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<div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;margin:0in"><span 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>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span 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 style="font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;line-height:1.5;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal"><a style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,122,153);text-decoration:underline" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/#9-out-of-region-use" target="_blank">Section
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<span>Modify the following text in<span> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/nrpm/#9-out-of-region-use" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,122,153);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Section 9</a>:</span><br>
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<div>Out of Region usage justification can only be used to acquire IPv4 addresses from the transfer market.
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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