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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Gus,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-10-12 20:05, Reese, Gus wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ARIN-2026-5 was adopted by as a draft
policy in the September 2026 Advisory Council meeting. This
draft policy is adding a definition to section 2 of the Number
Resource Policy Manual regarding what is considered out of
region use of ARIN number resources. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here is the current language:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2.18. Out Of Region Use<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The sole use of ARIN-allocated resources in
locations outside of the ARIN service region. This definition
does not apply to the simultaneous use of a given ARIN
resource both within the ARIN service region and in other RIR
service regions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As primary shepherd of this draft policy I
welcome any feedback on the proposed policy.</p>
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<p>Based on the PPML discussions, it appears that this matches the
common definition as understood in the community.</p>
<p>Furthermore, it explicitly excludes the simultaneous use of
resources within the ARIN service region and outside of it, e.g.
anycast, from being considered out-of-region use. I think this
completely eliminates any ambiguity when the term is used
negatively, i.e. there is no risk that "out-of-region use is
prohibited" would be construed to apply to anycast by anyone given
this definition.</p>
<p>As such, I support the intent of this policy.</p>
<p>As for the language, I wonder if it would be better to change</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">This definition does not apply to the
simultaneous use of a given ARIN resource both within the ARIN
service region and in other RIR service regions.</blockquote>
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<p>to</p>
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<blockquote type="cite">This definition does not apply to the
simultaneous use of a given ARIN resource both within and
outside the ARIN service region.</blockquote>
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<p>I feel like this is more compact and also deals with the pedantic
question of resources being used outside of any RIR service
region, e.g. on Low Earth Orbit satellites.</p>
<p>While I don't think this is likely going to lead to any
misunderstandings, if we are going to put an unambiguous
definition for this term, it might as well not have weird grey
areas.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
Quantum</p>
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