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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The ARIN Advisory Council (AC) met on 19 April 2023, and sent the following Recommended Draft Policy to Last Call:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Feedback is encouraged during the Last Call period. All comments should be provided to the Public Policy Mailing List. Last Call will expire on 8 May 2023.</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>The Recommended Draft Policy text is below and available at:</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal><u><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_4/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/drafts/2022_4/</a></u></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>The ARIN Policy Development Process is available at:</p><p class=MsoNormal><u><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/">https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/</a></u></p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards,</p><p class=MsoNormal> </p><p class=MsoNormal>Eddie Diego</p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy Analyst</p><p class=MsoNormal>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommended Draft Policy ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>AC Assessment of Conformance with the Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Based on community feedback and AC discussion, we motion to move ARIN-2022-4: Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2 to Recommended Draft, with the following change in text: In Section 2.1, change the text “IP address space” to “Internet number resources”, and in Section 2.2, change the text “address space” to “number resources”. This Draft Policy is fair, impartial, and technically sound and will clarify the intent of the text in sections 2.1 and 2.2.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Problem Statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposal continues the work that the ARIN AC NRPM Clean-up Working Group undertook to conduct an editorial review of the NRPM. It relates specifically to Sections 2.1 and 2.2. The focus of this proposal is to increase the consistency of terminology employed in the NRPM.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Policy statement:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In Section 2.1, change the text “IP address space” to “Internet number resources”, and in Section 2.2, change the text “address space” to “number resources” to reflect all of the types of Internet number resources administered by the types of entities defined in those sections.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Timetable for implementation: Immediate</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Comments:</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This proposal is intended to replace Prop-305 in part. Although the proposal was drafted in the course of an editorial review of Sections 2.1 and 2.2, some of the changes proposed may not be considered purely editorial in nature and so this proposal is not being presented as strictly editorial.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>