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        Suggestion 2012.10. The suggestion and response text are
        provided below. This suggestion is now closed and is available
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        Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-10.html">https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2012-10.html</a></span><span
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        Roman"">Regards,</span><span style="font-family:
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        Roman"">American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span><span
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          Suggestion: </span></b><span
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    ARIN should, in addition to the current forms, publish the NRPM in
    plain text.<br>
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    There is a long history of plain text publication on the internet
    and all RFCs are still published in plain text.<br>
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    This format facilitates use of a number of available tools for
    comparing revisions and proposed policies against existing text
    which cannot be used so easily with HTML or PDF versions.<span
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          New Roman";color:black">Response:</span></b><span
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    We have acted upon your suggestion to publish the current version of
    NRPM in plain text. You will find it available in the right hand
    navigation of the ARIN web page:
    <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html">https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html</a> Note that we will retain links
    to prior text versions in the change log, adding it to the column
    where we provide the link to the prior pdf version.<br>
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    Suggestion 2012.10 is now closed.<br>
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