[address-policy-wg] what to do about 2009-01?

On 14/04/2010 12:14, Jim Reid wrote:
> Michael, I was hoping we could reduce the number of options to consider
> for 2009-01, not add to them. Oh well...
> 
> So how about just having these two possibilities:
> 
> 1) Withdraw 2009-01. It's dead. Heroic measures to revive it and achieve
> a global policy are not going to have a happy outcome. So accept that
> situation and give up.
> 
> 2) Continue with 2009-01 with a view to aligning things with the other
> RIRs except ARIN. Perhaps that might persuade ARIN to reconsider. It's
> also good PR because we're committing to making recovered space
> available for the greater good, even if that recovered space will
> probably just exist as an abstract concept. Does anyone here have a
> spare /8 to hand over?

The UK MoD and the "UK Government Department for Work and Pensions" appear
to be the only /8s assigned to individual End Users in this RIR area.

I would like to see the proposal go ahead as-is.  ARIN's refusal to
implement it is unfortunate, but that should not deter the RIPE community
from aspiring to do what is best.

Nick