ARIN-prop-129: IPv4 Addresses for Process Participants

[ARIN]

ARIN received the following policy proposal and is posting it to the
Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) in accordance with the Policy
Development Process.

The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) will review the proposal at their next
regularly scheduled meeting (if the period before the next regularly
scheduled meeting is less than 10 days, then the period may be extended
to the subsequent regularly scheduled meeting). The AC will decide how
to utilize the proposal and announce the decision to the PPML.

The AC invites everyone to comment on the proposal on the PPML,
particularly their support or non-support and the reasoning
behind their opinion. Such participation contributes to a thorough
vetting and provides important guidance to the AC in their deliberations.

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Regards,

Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)


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ARIN-prop-129: IPv4 Addresses for Process Participants

Proposal Originator: Matthew Kaufman

Proposal Version: 1

Date: 21 January 2011

Proposal type: New

Policy term: Permanent

Policy statement:

   Upon receipt of that last IPv4 /8 from IANA, ARIN shall distribute
one quarter (a single /10) of the space immediately to "active
participants" in the ARIN policy development process.

   An "active participant" for this purpose is defined as an individual
who expresses support for OR objection to this proposal.

   Each "active participant" shall receive a single block of the same
size, the size chosen so as to maximally use the /10 allocated for this
purpose, but in no case shall the block be smaller than /24. No more
than one such block shall be distributed per organization if a single
organization has more than one "active participant".

   In the case where the number of "active participants" exceeds the
number of minimum-sized (/24) blocks available, priority shall be given
to those who responded first.

Rationale:

   In order to accelerate IPv6 deployment, it is critical that IPv4
space be consumed as rapidly as possible.

   Several possible approaches exist. One would be to distribute the
final space proportionately to existing assignment size. Another might
be to randomly assign the remaining space. Yet another might be to award
the space based on merit, after reviewing possible uses for the final
IPv4 space.

   This proposal instead simply consumes some of the remaining space by
directly rewarding the participants in the policy development process
for their participation.

Timetable for implementation: Immediate