Advisory Council Meeting Results - January 2017

[ARIN]

 > The AC has abandoned the following Draft Policy:
 >
 > Draft Policy ARIN-2016-7: Integration of Community Networks into 
existing ISP policy
 >
 > The AC provided the following statement:
 >
 > "The Advisory Council decided to abandon ARIN-2016-7: Integration of 
Community Networks into existing ISP policy, due to a lack of support. 
There was no feedback from any community network operators, and this 
proposal raises the question whether the community network policy is 
still necessary."
 >
 > 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 from the ARIN Advisory Council's 27 January 2017 meeting 
have been published:
https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac/ac2017_0127.html

The petition deadline is 27 February 2017.

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

Draft Policy and Proposal texts are available at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html

Regards,

Sean Hopkins
Policy Analyst
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)