[sig-policy] APNIC EC endorses four APNIC 26 policy proposals

[Sam Dickinson <sam@apnic.net>]

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APNIC EC endorses four policy proposals
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Dear colleagues

The APNIC EC (Executive Council) endorsed the following proposals
at its meeting on 20 November 2008. Minutes from this meeting will be 
available after they have been adopted at the December 2008 EC meeting.

    prop-055:  Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4
               address space

    prop-062:  Use of final /8

    prop-064:  Change to assignment policy for AS numbers

    prop-066:  Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources


Next steps
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The first proposal in the list above, "Global policy for the allocation 
of the remaining IPv4 address space", has now been adopted by all five 
RIRs. It is now in the final stages of the global policy development 
process. For more information on the global policy development, see:

    http://www.nro.net/policy/index.html#global


The three remaining policies in the above list will be implemented by 
the APNIC Secretariat during the first quarter 2009.


For a detailed history of the endorsed proposals, see:

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

Regards

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