Re: [sig-policy] Address Transfer Policy Proposal

[Andy Linton <asjl@lpnz.org>]

Izumi Okutani wrote:

> > B: Any address that will be transfered must be held by the 
> > transfering party for at least 12 months, regardless of how the 
> > address was obtained.
>
> C: Terry's suggestion
> > When a member disposes of address space using this transfer policy
> > the member should not be entitled to any further IPv4 allocations
> > or assigments from APNIC for a period of 24 months or until the 
> > "final / 8" assignment measures are implemented. In exceptional 
> > circumstances a member can submit a comprehensive plan justifying 
> > an allocation. A substantial processing fee may be charged and a 
> > notice of application will be posted for at least 7 days on the 
> > APNIC website.


> FYI, we've taken the vote counts to see preference of the community 
> and the results were:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Should Add some form of restrictions 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  yes : 13 
>  no  : 32
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  If there is to be a restriction, which option should be adopted? 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  option A (original prop-050)    :  0
>  option B (seiichi's suggestion) : 20
>  option C (terry's suggestion)   : 18
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks for posting this data - I wonder if the result would have been 
different if Option C had talked about 12 months instead of 24 months.

If we are to believe the IPv4 Exhaustion Counter at 
http://inetcore.com/project/ipv4ec/index_en.html we don't have 24 months 
to play with. That counter now estimates 703 days or ~= 23 months. Allow 
another 3 months to get this policy through if everyone agrees in 
Beijing and on the list and in the EC. Then allow another 1-2 months to 
get things up and working at APNIC and we've got more like 18 months and 
that includes the "final /8" period.

So lets discuss Option C with a much shorter restriction that 24 months 
please. I'd suggest 12 months at most.

I'd also be tempted to leave out mention of fees in this option - that's 
the job of the EC - not this group.

andy