[address-policy-wg] 2009-01, Global Policy for the allocation of IPv4 blocks to Regional Internet Registries

> it's the tragedy of the americas, a few hudred years of colonialism,  
> and it goes on.

To understand concerns in the ARIN region, I'd recommend that folks  
read the actual policy text and staff assessment at <https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2009_3.html 
 >.  Because this global policy results in significant departure from  
RFC2050 need-based allocation (with one equal allocation unit per RIR  
each 6 month period even if less than regional demand), there are  
challenges of equity that result from mandating the return to the IANA.

The reality is that returned address space has been going back to IANA  
and will continue to do under current practices; see <http://blog.icann.org/2008/02/recovering-ipv4-address-space/ 
 > for more information.

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN