Meeting of the ARIN Advisory Council - 26 January 2018 [Archived]

Seattle, Washington

Advisory Council Attendees:

• Tina Morris, Chair (TM)
• Leif Sawyer, Vice Chair(LS)
• Owen DeLong (OD)
• Andrew Dul (AD)
• David Farmer (DF)
• Alyssa Moore (AM)
• Amy Potter (AP)
• Joe Provo (JP)
• Kerrie Richards (KR)
• Rob Seastrom (RS)
• John Springer (JS)
• Chris Tacit (CT)
• Alicia Trotman (AT)
• Alison Wood (AW)
• Chris Woodfield (CW)

Scribe:

• Sean Hopkins

ARIN Staff:

• Michael Abejuela (MA), Assoc. General Counsel
• John Curran, President & CEO
• Nate Davis (ND), COO
• Sean Hopkins (SHo), Policy Analyst
• John Sweeting (JSw), Senior Director, Registration Services

ARIN Board Observers:

• Paul Andersen, Board Chair
• Dan Alexander, Trustee
• Aaron Hughes, Trustee

1. Welcome

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:08 p.m. PST. The presence of a quorum was noted.

2. Agenda Review

The Chair reviewed the agenda with the Council and called for any comments. There were no comments.

3. Approval of the Minutes

It was moved by OD, and seconded by AD, that:

“The ARIN Advisory Council approves the Minutes of 21 December 2017, as written.”

The Chair called for comments or objections. There were no comments.

The motion carried with no objections.

4. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-3: Update to NRPM 3.6: Annual Whois POC Validation

AP stated that there were some remaining revisions that she intends to send to the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML), and that they should not raise any concerns. She stated her intent is to move the policy to recommended draft policy status at the AC’s next meeting.

5. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Bi-directional Requirement for Inter-RIR Transfers

It was moved by OD, and seconded by AD, that:

“The ARIN Advisory Council abandons Draft Policy ARIN-2017-4: Remove Bi-directional Requirement for Inter-RIR Transfers.”

The Chair called for discussion. RS stated that while the draft policy itself is fine, the community and the AC both remain divided on it. He stated that this divide has existed throughout the life of the draft policy. He suggested that it may be best to bring something similar forward once another RIR has implemented a one-way transfer policy in their region.

The motion carried with 9 in favor (OD, AD, DF, KR, AM, JP, RS, CT, AT), and 6 against (AP, LS, JS, AW, CW, TM), via roll call vote.

The Chair asked the policy shepherds to craft a message of abandonment for posting to the PPML.

6. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-8: Amend the Definition of Community Network

DF stated that the text had recently been revised and posted to the PPML for community review. He stated that his intent is to see if feedback remains positive and, if so, then move the draft policy to recommended draft status at the AC’s next meeting. This would depend on a staff and legal review which DF stated he intends to request within two weeks.

7. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-9: Clarification of Initial Block Size for IPv4 ISP Transfers

DF stated that the text had recently been revised and sent to the community for review. He noted that the feedback has been more controversial thus far than with Draft Policy 2017-8. JS asked if the controversy stemmed from more than one opinion. DF stated that while only a handful of people have commented on the text, multiple people have spoken against the this draft policy. OD concurred, stating that the draft policy was indeed more controversial in nature.

8. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-10: Repeal of Immediate Need for IPv4 Address Space

AD stated that this policy has been posted on the PPML for two months, with positive responses received. He stated he would like to request a staff and legal review of the policy. The Chair requested staff to initiate the review. JSw noted the request.

9. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-11: Reallocation and Reassignment Language Clean-up

AM stated that additional changes would be made to the text, and asked for feedback on whether or not the resulting draft policy would be deemed editorial in nature. AD stated that a tracked-change document would be helpful for the AC, when making this determination. DF concurred. AM stated that she would be able to produce such a document.

10. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-12: Require New POC Validation Upon Reassignment

CT stated that there had been no activity regarding this draft policy since the AC’s last meeting. CT further stated that because the current text is stable, he would like to request a staff and legal review. The Chair requested staff to initiate the review. JSw noted the request.

11. Draft Policy ARIN-2017-13: Remove ARIN Review Requirements for Large IPv4 Reassignments/Reallocations

JS stated that a staff and legal review had been performed on the current text, with no substantive objections noted. He further stated that he intends to move the draft to recommended draft status at the AC’s next meeting, pending further discussion complementing the positive responses received thus far.

12. ARIN-Prop 250: Allow Inter-Regional ASN Transfers

AW stated that she had worked with CT and the author, which resulted in adding the word “reciprocal” to the text.

It was moved by AM, and seconded by OD, that:

“The ARIN Advisory Council accepts ‘ARIN-Prop 250: Allow Inter-Regional ASN Transfers’ as a Draft Policy.”

The Chair called for discussion. There were no comments.

The motion carried unanimously, via roll call.

13. ARIN-Prop-251: Correct References to RWhois.

It was moved by OD, and seconded by JP, that:

“The ARIN Advisory Council accepts ‘ARIN-Prop 250: Allow Inter-Regional ASN Transfers’ as an editorial change.”

The Chair called for discussion. CW stated that a red-lined document would help, as some typographical errors existed. JP stated that there were other references that were skipped, as they are pending removal by other policies in motion and, therefore, only two changes were proposed here which should not require a red-line.

The motion carried unanimously, via roll call.

14. Any Other Business

The Chair called for any other business items.

DF welcomed AT and KR to the AC. OD added that having Caribbean representation was largely beneficial to the Council. KR stated that both AT’s and her presence was a clear indicator that ARIN’s Fellowship Program was successful. KR further stated that she and AT intended to bring more awareness to their respective countries; and, to ensure that more people know that they can participate remotely to be a important part of the decision-making in the ARIN region.

15. Adjournment

The Chair entertained a motion to adjourn at 4:27 p.m. PST. JS moved to adjourn, seconded by CW. The meeting adjourned with no objections.