Re: [address-policy-wg] 2006-07 Discussion Period extended until 17 January 2007 (First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size)

[Gert Doering gert@localhost]

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 08:16:09AM -0800, Leo Vegoda wrote:
> Several people raised concerns that new LIRs may not have sufficient  
> experience to make good decisions with a /21 AW. This is a valid  
> concern but I do not believe a series of incremental AW raises would  
> provide the most effective support to new LIRs. Instead, I have  
> modified the proposal so that new LIRs would get a /21 AW six months  
> after receiving their first allocation. They would need to send in  
> requests as now until then. This should ensure that the LIRs most in  
> need of support receive it, while reducing the administrative  
> overhead for the vast majority of LIRs.

I like this more than the previous one, but still some questions remain:

 - what about the AW for existing LIRs?  Will it be auto-raised to /21
   as well?

 - what about the AW size *after* the initial raise?  Can it be reduced
   to less than a /21 - and if yes, under which conditions, and at what
   time will it grow back?

Sounds like nitpicking, but if I have learnt one thing in the last 
years, it is "make the policy clear!" :-)

Gert Doering
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