[address-policy-wg] 2012-03 Discussion Period extended until 22 October 2012 (Intra-RIR transfer policy)

* sandrabrown at ipv4marketgroup.com
> The intent is that 24 months should be the the period for all
> allocations.  I will change the wording to:
> 
> A period of 24 months is used in evaluating a transferred allocation.

Thank you for clarifying. This does not actually state what those 24
months are used for, though. If I may, I'd suggest an alternative
wording, based on the existing one that defines the (obsolete) need
period for NCC-to-LIR transfers in section 5.0:

«The RIPE NCC approves transfers of allocations to LIRs to meet their
needs for a period of up to 24 months.»

(Or perhaps it would be better English to use "that" instead of the
first "to"? I'm not a native speaker, so not I'm not sure here.)

> Tore also stated:
> Another thing I am wondering about, is the new 24 month period. Prior to
> ?Run Out Fairly?, the period was 12 months. This was determined by
> 2006-06, which intended to harmonise the need period across the five
> regions. With that in mind, I would like to see why 24 months was
> chosen. Is 2006-06's rationale no longer valid? What are the need
> periods currently used for allocation transfers in the other regions?
> 
> The need period in the ARIN region is 24 months and the need period in
> the APNIC region is 12 months.

Thank you again. Do you know whether or not there are any active efforts
in any of those regions to harmonise the periods (in other words change
it to 24 months in the APNIC region, or to 12 months in the ARIN region)?

-- 
Tore Anderson
Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com