[address-policy-wg] 2013-06 New Policy Proposal (PA/PI Unification IPv6 Address Space)

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 05:22:52PM +0200, Elvis Velea wrote:
>There are only two paths, from the RIPE NCC to LIR and from the RIPE 
>NCC to End user (we may decide to change the name) via the Sponsoring 
>LIR.

I would be in favour of converting all resources into "independent
resources" and the path going, in all cases:

RIR -> Sponsoring LIR -> End User. 

Advantages: 

- End Users can transfer "their" resources to a different Sponsoring LIR

- Specialist LIRs can be established that have the necessary skills to
manage resources properly, End Users wouldn't have to worry about
resource management and it may result in reducing the work-load on the
RIR..

Disadvantages:

- This opens the door to the establishment of "N(ational)IRs", something
which some states have expressed an interest in.

- There is a probability of de-aggregation of resources as they move
between Sponsoring LIRs - could possibly be mitigated by making the
minimum assignments big enough.

- RIR membership will likely decline - this could also be an advantage.

rgds,
Sascha Luck

PS: in such a scenario I would even consider supporting 2012-08 ;)