Policy SIG session

Why participate?

You are a vital part of APNIC's policy development process. What you say, or don't say, can influence the outcome of proposal discussions and change APNIC policy. APNIC policies can affect you and your network's number resources. So take advantage of the opportunity to have your say.

Agenda

Welcome and introduction
Randy Bush (SIG Chair)
Overview of the policy development process
Jian Zhang (SIG Co-chair)
Summary of proposals to be presented at APNIC 26 Policy SIG
Randy Bush (SIG Chair)
Open action items
SIG Chair
prop-060: Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region
Vinh Ngo, CSC Australia
prop-064: Change to assignment policy for AS numbers
James Spenceley, Vocus
prop-065: Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS numbers
James Spenceley, Vocus
SIG Chair election
SIG Co-chair
prop-061: 32-bit ASNs for documentation purposes
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Packet Clearing House
prop-062: Use of final /8
Philip F Smith, Cisco
prop-055: Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space
Izumi Okutani, JPNIC
prop-063: Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six months
Jonny Martin, InternetNZ
prop-066: Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources
Brenda D. Tarimel, PNCC
prop-050: IPv4 address transfers
Geoff Huston, APNIC

Open action items

pol-026-001: The author of prop-060, "Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC region" to revise the proposal to address questions raised on the mailing list and at the APNIC 26 Policy SIG.
pol-026-002: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement proposal prop-064, "Change to assignment policy for AS numbers".
pol-026-003: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement proposal prop-065, "Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS numbers".
pol-026-004: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement the revised proposal prop-061, "32-bit ASNs for documentation purposes", that 4 AS numbers from both 16-bit and 32-bit AS pools to be reserved for documentation purposes.
pol-026-005: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement the revised proposal prop-062, "Use of final /8". Revisions to the proposal include:
  • making the size of allocations reflect the minimum allocation size at the time the last /8 is reached
  • This proposal not be dependent on the successful adoption of prop-055, "Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space"
pol-026-006: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement the proposal prop-055, "Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4 address space"
pol-026-007: prop-063, "Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to six months" returned to the Policy SIG mailing list for further discussion.
pol-026-008: Pending approval at each remaining stage of the policy proposal process, APNIC Secretariat to implement the proposal prop-066, "Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources"
pol-206-009: prop-050, "IPv4 address transfers" to be returned to the author and mailing list for further discussion.