[ncc-services-wg] [policy-announce] 2012-07 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resource Holders)

Hi, 

First of all, sorry for being a bit late to jump in on the proposal. 

    https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-07/draft 

I had a question on the procedures, when this proposal is accepted.

Is it the intention of the RIPE NCC to go back to ALL legacy resource
holders (including those that have signed the 'Legacy Space Agreement' or
'Agreement between Legacy Holder and LIR'  ( see the downloads of the
templates here :
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/legacy-space ) to ask
them if they would want to revert their decision and get their original
LEGACY status back on their resources under this policy instead of the
status: Allocated PA or Assigned PI?  

The reason why I ask this, as there might be original Legacy space holders
who might think that the current proposal would be a better solution (fit)
than the current implemented (signed) agreement.

I noticed point 10 in the Executive Summary:

	10. If the proposal is accepted, the RIPE NCC will have to contact
Legacy Resource Holders that have their resources registered under the
umbrella of an LIR and offer them the contractual options of the accepted
proposal. The RIPE NCC will consider any requests for this since 1992 as
having never been submitted. 

But does that include ALL Legacy resource holders even those that are not
registered under a LIR? 

One of the other (small) points that I had some questions about is point 2
in the Executive summary: 

	2. The RIPE NCC often receives requests from Legacy Resource Holders
wanting their resources to be considered as space allocated by the RIPE NCC.
If this proposal is accepted, the RIPE NCC will have to decline these
requests.

Why would the RIPE NCC have to decline these requests?

I also have a question on the topic A Understanding the policy: 

This policy proposal is meant to be applied by the RIPE NCC to Registration
Services, as regards Legacy Internet Resources.

 	>	Legacy Internet Resources – as defined in this proposal, are
any Internet resources obtained prior to (or otherwise outside of) the
current system of hierarchical distribution (by allocation or assignment)
through the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). While this definition is
not limited to resources in the RIPE Registry, the RIPE NCC does not have
authority over Legacy Internet Resources in other registries. If this
proposal is accepted, the RIPE NCC will implement it only to Legacy Internet
Resources that are currently registered in the RIPE Registry.

If there are Legacy Internet Resources currently registered at ARIN for
instance and a legitimate holder wants to have their resource registered in
the RIPE registry, why would it not be available for those registrations? 

Regards,
Erik Bais