Draft Policy ARIN-2018-1: Allow Inter-regional ASN Transfers

[ARIN]

On 26 January 2018, the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) advanced
"ARIN-prop-250: Allow Inter-regional ASN Transfers" to Draft Policy status.

Draft Policy ARIN-2018-1 is below and can be found at:

https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2018_1.html

You are encouraged to discuss all Draft Policies on PPML. The AC will
evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of this Draft 
Policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet number resource policy as 
stated in the Policy Development Process (PDP). Specifically, these
principles are:

* Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
* Technically Sound
* Supported by the Community

The PDP can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html

Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html

Regards,

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





Draft Policy ARIN-2018-1: Allow Inter-regional ASN Transfers

Problem Statement:

There is a need to allow RIR transfers of ASNs with RIRs with an 
equivalent transfer policy.

Policy Statement:

Change the first sentence in section 8.4 from:

"Inter-regional transfers may take place only via RIRs who agree to the 
transfer and share reciprocal, compatible, needs-based policies."

To:

"Inter-regional transfers of IPv4 number resources and ASNs may take 
place only via RIRs who agree to the transfer and share reciprocal, 
compatible needs-based policies."

Comments:

Timetable for Implementation: Immediate