Re: [sig-policy] Summary of discussion: prop-087 - redux - clarity on "a

To: Randy Bush <randy at psg dot com>
Subject: Re: [sig-policy] Summary of discussion: prop-087 - redux - clarity on "arin believes"
From: John Curran <jcurran at arin dot net>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:21:37 -0400
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> > prop-086: Global policy for IPv4 allocations by the IANA post exhaustion
> i can not help but comment on this masterpiece of hypocrisy. it
> is worthy of a museum exhibit.

I have no comment on the merits of "prop-086: Global Policy for 
IPv4 allocations by the IANA post exhaustion"

> arin believes that folk in the arin region should return unused
> space to arin, where they got it. but they seem unable to
> induce that arin, in turn, should return the unused space to
> the iana, whence arin got it.

However, for purposes of clarity, it is ARIN's practice is to return 
address space to the IANA, but the ARIN community expressed concern 
with making the return of space to the IANA a mandatory policy while
there are RIR's which have abandoned needs-based allocation address 
policies who would also be drawing from the returned address space pool.

Thank you,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN