[ncc-services-wg] Status Update - Independent Resource Assignments (Policy Proposal 2007-01)

Dear Andrew, ncc-services-wg, address-policy-wg,

Thank you kindly for this update, it is encouraging to see the success of this
initiative.

I can't help but notice that the number of marked resources you provide in this
report appears to be significantly lower than that in a similar report Andrea
Cima provided to address-policy-wg on 26/10/2009 (the previous report states
23,790 resources are marked, while only 22,958 are reported as marked in this
update). Could you please elaborate on the nature of this adjustment?

Additionally, it has been previously mentioned that a procedural document
detailing Phase 3 of the implementation of this proposal will be made available
before implementation begins. Seeing that the final deadline is less than two
months and a fortnight away, how soon can we expect this document to be
available, and are there any operational specifics you can already share with us?

--
Respectfully yours,

David Monosov

Andrew de la Haye wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> In March 2009, the RIPE NCC began Phase 1 of the policy implementation
> "Contractual Requirements for Provider Independent Resource Holders in
> the RIPE NCC Service Region". This phase focused on new assignments of
> independent Internet number resources only (PI assignments, AS Numbers,
> IPv6 Internet Exchange Point (IXP) assignments and Anycasting
> assignments). The implementation was carried out successfully and the
> majority of RIPE NCC members are aware of the policy and contractual
> requirements and are able to provide the necessary documentation when
> requesting independent resources on behalf of their End Users.
> 
> Phase 2 of the policy implementation began at the end of May 2009. This
> phase focuses on existing assignments (almost 27,000). In the first step
> of this phase, the RIPE NCC approached LIRs and asked them to specify
> whether:
> - The resources were used for the LIR's network infrastructure
> - The resources were used by one of the LIR's End Users
> - The End User was no longer the LIR's customer
> 
> LIRs must provide documentation for the resources marked as "My End
> User" by the end of Phase 2. This documentation should be the "End User
> Assignment Agreement" between the LIR and the End User regarding the
> registration of the independent Internet resources the End User holds
> and the official company registration documents of the End User
> organisation.
> 
> Initially, Phase 2 was scheduled to end on 31 December 2009. However,
> due to the lower-than-expected number of documents received, the
> deadline was first extended until 1 March 2010 and then until 17 May
> 2010, which will be the final deadline.
> 
> 
> The figures showing the progress of Phase 2, as of 1 March 2010, are
> presented below.
> 
> 
> LIRs Participating
> -----------------------
> Total LIRs to participate in Phase 2:  4,903
> Number of LIRs participated at 1 March:  4,178
> Percentage of participating LIRs:  85.2%
> 
> 
> Total Resources Marked
> ------------------------------
> Total amount of resources to be marked in Phase 2:  26,940
> Total amount of resources marked at 1 March:  22,958
> Percentage of resources marked:  85.2%
> 
> 
> Status of 22,958 Resources Marked
> ------------------------------------------
> - 5,373 are marked "My Infrastructure" (23.4%) by 3,956 LIRs
> - 6,025 are marked "Not My End User" (26.25%) by 712 LIRs
> - 11,560 are marked "My End User" (50.35%) by 996 LIRs
> 
> 
> Status of 11,560 Resources Marked "My End User"
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> - 4,849 have missing documents (42%)
> - 4,522 have submitted documents (39%)
> - 2,189 have approved documents (19%)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew de la Haye