[address-policy-wg] what to do about 2009-01?

Jim Reid wrote:

> Michael, I was hoping we could reduce the number of options to  consider
> for 2009-01, not add to them. Oh well...
> 
> So how about just having these two possibilities:
> 
> 1) Withdraw 2009-01. It's dead. Heroic measures to revive it and 
> achieve a global policy are not going to have a happy outcome. So 
> accept that situation and give up.

Personally, I'd opt for 1)

> 2) Continue with 2009-01 with a view to aligning things with the other 
> RIRs except ARIN. Perhaps that might persuade ARIN to reconsider. It's 
> also good PR because we're committing to making recovered space 
> available for the greater good, even if that recovered space will 
> probably just exist as an abstract concept.

So what's the point then?

> Does anyone here have a 
> spare /8 to hand over?

Looking at the global environmant, my feeling is that the communities of the
RIRs should rather act as a body speaking with one voice to the outside world;
rather than engaging in mental experiments of 3:2 or 4:1 scores. Being seen
as having major differences or a "shoot-out" between RIRs (or their communities)
will probably be used against our common interests.

Wilfried.