[sig-policy] New APNIC policies now active

[Sam Dickinson <sam@apnic.net>]

Dear colleagues

The APNIC Secretariat has now implemented two policy proposals that
reached consensus at the APNIC 25 Policy SIG in Taipei, Taiwan in
February 2008. The APNIC Executive Council (EC) endorsed the
proposals during their May 2008 meeting. The two policy changes
are:

    prop-053: Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22

        - The minimum allocation size has been reduced to /22
        - Two of the criteria for an initial allocation have been
          updated to show:
              - An  LIR must have used a /24 from their upstream
                provider or demonstrate an immediate need for a /24
              - An LIR must demonstrate a detailed plan for use of a
                /23 within a year


    prop-057: Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria

        - Current LIRs with an existing IPv4 allocation from APNIC or
          an NIR can now justify an IPv6 initial allocation without
          documenting a plan for making 200 assignments


The comment period for the draft documents incorporating these
policies has ended. The updated documents are now officially active:

    Policies for IPv4 address space management in the Asia Pacific
    region
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/add-manage-policy.html

    IPv6 address allocation and assignment policy
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-address-policy.html

    APNIC guidelines for IPv6 allocation and assignment requests
        http://www.apnic.net/policy/ipv6-guidelines.html


For more information on the history of the policy proposals, see:

     http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals

Regards
_____________________________________________________________________
Samantha Dickinson                     email:           sam@apnic.net
Policy Development Manager, APNIC        sip:      sam@voip.apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                   phone:         +61 7 3858 3100