transfer policy

[Scott Marcus]

At 11:14 05/16/2000 -0400, Kim Hubbard wrote:
>Jason,
>
>While I understand your reasoning below, I am concerned that we will give
>the perception of not treating organizations equally.  Do you think it's
>fair to have one set of rules for those orgs that ARIN knows and a different
>set for those we don't?
>
>Kim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: jredisch <jredisch at virtela.com>
>To: <policy at arin.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 11:53 PM
>Subject: RE: transfer policy
>
>
>> Danny and All,
>> Pre merger there is a quiet period where the two sides are not allowed to
>> share engineering information.   The transfer of space may be a high
>> priority to the company to show they are 'just one company now'.  A
>transfer
>> request may go in before all of the info below is known and certainly
>before
>> major engineering decisions are made about how to merge the two networks.
>> If we allow the transfer to happen day one with proof of merger, we give
>the
>> two companies more time to gather this info and they can interface with
>ARIN
>> the next time they need space.   I see no reason to take up engineering
>> resources on both sides twice in a period of less than three months.  This
>> makes life more difficult for all involved.  As a member of the ARIN
>> community I trust two ISP's with a history with ARIN to justify the space
>> from the merger at the next time they go in to request IP space for the
>now
>> primary maintainer ID.
>>
>> Simultaneously, while putting ISP to ISP transfers with history in a
>> different classification I would be in favor of dedicating the saved
>> resources on the ARIN side to looking at the other transfers closer to
>make
>> sure they are legitimate...



Jason, this is an interesting idea, but the more I read this thread, the
less convinced I am that the potential benefits warrant the cost and hassle.

It seems to me that defining rigorous criteria for who falls within the
scope of this carve-out and who does not might be complex.  And having been
through some merger and acquisition situations myself, it also seems to me
that the level of effort in transferring address space is in a comparative
sense an inconsequential speck in an ocean of paperwork.  I'm not persuaded
that this proposal saves anybody enough work to be worth the added complexity.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

Cheers,
- Scott