Meeting of the ARIN Advisory Council - 04 May 2006 [Archived]

Teleconference

Attendees:

• Alec Peterson (AP), Vice Chair
• Dan Alexander (DA)
• Paul Andersen (PA)
• Marla Azinger (MA)
• Leo Bicknell (LB)
• Bill Darte (BD)
• Mark Kosters (MK)
• Matt Pounsett (MP)
• Lea Roberts (LR)
• Robert Seastrom (RS)
• Stacy Taylor (ST)

ARIN Staff:

• Einar Bohlin (EB), Policy Analyst
• Thérèse Colosi, Recording Secretary
• Nate Davis, Director of Operations
• Richard Jimmerson (RJ), Director of External Relations
• Ray Plzak (RP), President & CEO

ARIN Counsel:

• Stephen Ryan

Apologies:

• Cathy Aronson
• Suzanne Woolf

Absent:

• Alex Rubenstein
• Ron da Silva

1. Welcome

Given that the Chair and Vice Chair were not in attendance at this time, the President requested that he Chair the meeting in their absence as a facilitation measure. All agreed. The President called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. EDT. The presence of a quorum was noted.

2. Agenda Bashing

The President called for any comments. There were no comments.

3. Policy Proposal 2005-1: Provider-Independent IPv6 Assignments for End Sites

Last Call for this proposal ended on April 28, 2006.

BD moved that:

“T he ARIN Advisory Council, based on comments from stakeholders expressed either at the ARIN XVII Public Policy meeting or on the ARIN public policy mailing list, having reviewed the comments collected during the Last Call period, and noting that the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process has been followed, recommends that the ARIN Board of Trustees adopt Policy Proposal _2005-1: Provider-Independent IPv6 Assignments for End Sites._”

This was seconded by RS. The President called for discussion. Discussion ensued with the AC noting there had been objections to this policy proposal, but also acknowledging that there was significant interest within the community in moving this policy proposal forward.

MA joined the call at this time and was updated on the items discussed.

The President called for a roll call vote. The motion carried with 7 in favor, 2 against (MK, LR), and one abstention (MA).

4. Policy Proposal 2005-8: Proposal to Amend ARIN IPv6 Assignment and Utilization Requirement

Last Call for this proposal ended on April 28, 2006.

PA moved that:

“T he ARIN Advisory Council, based on comments from stakeholders expressed either at the ARIN XVII Public Policy meeting or on the ARIN public policy mailing list, having reviewed the comments collected during the Last Call period, and noting that the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process has been followed, recommends that the ARIN Board of Trustees adopt Policy Proposal _2005-8: Proposal to Amend ARIN IPv6 Assignment and Utilization Requirement._”

This was seconded by BD. The President called for discussion. LR stated that there had not been much discussion on PPML, since the ARIN meeting. It was the sense of the AC that community consensus remained in favor of this policy proposal.

The President called for a roll call vote. The motion carried unanimously.

5. Policy Proposal 2005-9: 4-Byte AS Number

Last Call for this proposal ended on April 28, 2006.

RS moved that:

“T he ARIN Advisory Council, based on comments from stakeholders expressed either at the ARIN XVII Public Policy meeting or on the ARIN public policy mailing list, having reviewed the comments collected during the Last Call period, and noting that the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process has been followed, recommends that the ARIN Board of Trustees adopt Policy Proposal _2005-9: 4-Byte AS Number._”

This was seconded by MK. The President called for discussion. ST stated that there had not been much discussion since the ARIN meeting, and there was consensus at meeting. All agreed.

The President called for a roll call vote. The motion carried unanimously.

6. Discussion of Proposed Policy entitled: “RSA Modification Procedure”

The President stated this proposal was introduced on the PPML recently, and it was up to the AC to accept it as submitted by the author as a formal policy proposal or, if the AC did not, the author could petition to get it assigned a formal number.

MK moved that:

“The ARIN Advisory Council, having reviewed the proposed policy entitled ‘ RSA Modification Procedure’, accepts the text as submitted by the author as a formal policy proposal; and, requests the President assign it a formal policy proposal number.”

This was seconded by BD. The President called for discussion. Discussion ensued on whether this issue needed to become a formal policy proposal and go through the process, or if was an operational matter within ARIN that could be taken up by the ARIN Board of Trustees.

BD withdrew his second to the motion given that he felt the matter was operational in nature and something the Board should address.

AP joined the call at 4:30 p.m. EDT. The President briefed AP on the previous items discussed, and explained that he had been chairing the meeting in the absence of the Chair and Vice Chair. The President then asked AP if he, as Vice Chair, wanted to take over chairing the meeting at this point, or let the discussion continue. AP stated he wanted to the discussion to continue.

It was the sense of the AC that the issue at hand would be better addressed by the ARIN Board. MA stated that with the second to the motion being withdrawn, she would re-second the motion. RS called the question. The President asked for further comments. Hearing no further comments, the President called for a roll call vote.

The motion failed with 9 against, and 2 in favor (AP, MK).

The President asked BD to draft a statement of explanation. The President asked for any objections to this request. There were no objections. Counsel then suggested the author call him directly as well to discuss, and better understand the bottom line concern of the proposal . ** **

The President asked if it was the sense of the AC that the ARIN Board take this matter into consideration for resolution at the Board’s next meeting. It was the sense of the AC that the matter be taken up by the Board. The President stated he would communicate this to the Board.

The President asked the Vice Chair if he would now like to chair the meeting. AP resumed chairing the meeting.

7. Any Other Business

The Vice Chair apologized for arriving late to the call, and asked if there was any other business to be discussed. LR stated that there was another policy proposal issue introduced recently from Owen Delong and asked if it was too early to discuss it at this meeting. RP confirmed that it was too recent for today’s discussion, but would be discussed at the AC’s next meeting on May 18.

LB asked where notifications of implemented policies get posted. RP stated policy implementation is announced on the PPML. The Vice Chair called for any further business. There were no comments.

8. Adjournment

The Chair entertained a motion to adjourn at 4:53 p.m. EDT. ST moved to adjourn and this was seconded by BD. The motion carried unanimously.