[address-policy-wg] 2007-04 New Draft Document Published (IANA Policy for Allocation of ASN Blocks to RIRs)

Hi Niall,

On 20 Jun 2007, at 10:30am, Niall O'Reilly wrote:

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> 	I'm surprised at the account given of the impact analysis.
> 	If it is really "not anticipate[d] that any significant
> 	impact will be caused if this proposal is implemented",
> 	I wonder what the motivation for the proposal can be.
>
> 	I should have expected that it would not be difficult to
> 	identify some _advantageous_ impact, and that such impact
> 	should have been clearly reported.

I see a clear advantage in having all five RIR communities review a  
proposal and agree a policy as there is no policy at the moment -  
just precedent. I for one am very much in favour of having a  
consensus policy to work to. Of course, this would be true of any  
global policy. This particular policy proposal doesn't really change  
very much and that could also be seen as an advantage by some, too.  
However, these points are made in the proposal's "Rationale" section.

I suspect that Filiz limited her impact analysis to resource  
consumption and service impact because these are quantifiable and  
should help the community discuss the benefits and/or disadvantages  
of the proposal itself.

Regards,

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Leo Vegoda
IANA Numbers Liaison