Advisory Council Meeting Results - October 2013

[ARIN]

>> The AC abandoned ARIN-2013-6. Anyone dissatisfied with this decision may
>> initiate a petition. The deadline to begin a petition will be five
>> business days after the AC's draft meeting minutes are published.

The minutes of the AC's 11 October 2013 meeting have been published and 
are available at:
https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac/ac2013_1011.html

The deadline to begin a petition is 7 November 2013.

For more information on starting and participating in petitions, see PDP
Petitions at: https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp_petitions.html

The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Regards,

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




On 10/16/13 3:29 PM, ARIN wrote:
> In accordance with the ARIN Policy Development Process the ARIN Advisory
> Council (AC) held a meeting on 11 October 2013 and made decisions about
> several draft policies.
>
> The AC moved the following draft policy to last call (it will be
> posted separately to last call):
>
> Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles
>
> The following remains on the AC's docket:
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2013-7: Merge IPv4 ISP and End-User Requirements
>
> The AC abandoned the following:
>
> Draft Policy ARIN-2013-6: Allocation of IPv4 and IPv6 Address Space to
> Out-of-region Requestors
>
> The AC provided the following statement about 2013-6:
> #####
> "The ARIN Advisory Council voted to abandon ARIN-2013-6 "Allocation of
> IPv4 and IPv6 Address Space to Out-of-region Requestors". Based on the
> community's feedback at the NANOG 59 Public Policy Consultation and ARIN
> 32 Public Policy Meeting last week, the AC feels that the text proposed
> is unlikely to ever reach consensus. The AC does believe, however, that
> the problems 2013-6 tried to address are real, and will look to the
> community to suggest one or more alternative solutions in the future.
>
> Abandonment may permit more clearly addressing each of two important
> questions that were combined in the proposal. First, there may be
> benefit from a clearer policy regarding what requirements for an
> in-region presence are necessary before an allocation is made. The
> feedback at the meetings indicated that the community did not favor a
> standard based on a "majority" or "plurality" of in-region customers or
> infrastructure, and that such a standard might interfere with the
> legitimate operations of many global businesses or global service
> providers based within the ARIN region. Second, greater consideration
> is needed as to whether the perceived need for better verification of
> the identity of the applicant is an issue that can or should be
> addressed outside of the number resource policy process, since it may be
> more properly an aspect of ARIN's business practices.
>
> Follow on work may reveal that splitting such issues into multiple
> policies will permit greater clarity and consensus on these issues from
> the community."
> #####
>
> The AC abandoned ARIN-2013-6. Anyone dissatisfied with this decision may
> initiate a petition. The deadline to begin a petition will be five
> business days after the AC's draft meeting minutes are published. For
> more information on starting and participating in petitions, see PDP
> Petitions at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp_petitions.html
>
> Draft Policy and Proposal texts are available at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
>
> The ARIN Policy Development Process can be found at:
> https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
>
> Regards,
>
> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>