[address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Policy Proposal (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

On Mar 19, 2013, at 11:39 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think that perhaps we should all read the latest draft of the RFC2050 update:
> 
> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2013-03
> 
>       1) Allocation Pool Management: Due to the fixed lengths of IP
>          addresses and AS numbers, the pools from which these resources
>          are allocated are finite.  As such, allocations must be made
>          in accordance with the operational needs of those running the
>          networks that make use of these number resources and by taking
>          into consideration pool limitations at the time of allocation.

McTim - 

  Note that you are referencing an Internet Draft which is only 
  barely announced and yet to be considered by the community.  
  The document is actually lists several additional goals
  (i.e. Hierarchical Allocation and Registration Accuracy) and 
  they are to be considered as a whole, not taken singularly:

   "These goals may sometimes conflict with each other or be in conflict
    with the interests of individual end-users, Internet service
    providers, or other number resource consumers.  Careful analysis,
    judgment, and cooperation among registry system providers and
    consumers at all levels via community-developed policies is necessary
    to find appropriate compromises to facilitate Internet operations."

  (This is very similar to language in the existing RFC 2050.)

  I have no view on the policy proposal, either supporting or against, 
  but want to make clear that the RIPE community should decide what
  is best for it overall and not feel constrained by a reference to 
  just one of these goals (whether from existing or revised RFC2050)

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN