[address-policy-wg] [policy-announce] 2013-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup)

* McTim

> Apologies if I was unclear.  What I was trying to get across is that 
> this proposal would go from a system of "pay your membership fees
> and show you actually need the resources" to just "pay".
> 
> Needs based distribution has been a cornerstone of the RIR system
> for the last 2 decades or more.  It has worked remarkably well, and I
> see no need to jettison it now just because there are fewer resources
> to distribute.  In fact, I see a greater need for it now!  I expect
> we will have to agree to disagree on this.

This exact point was brought up by a few other people as well as the NCC
itself in the first review period, and in order to meet those concerns
the proposal was amended so that it does not longer make it possible to
simply pay the membership fee and receive an allocation from the RIR
without "need".

I'd like to make it crystal clear that the proposal has no ambition
whatsoever to change how the RIR distributes its last remaining scraps
of address space, and the 2nd and 3rd amendments was developed in
collaboration with the NCC precisely in order to prevent that from
happening as an accidental side-effect, see:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/2013-August/008155.html

I note that you neglected to respond to this message even though I
clearly asked for any remaining material objections to be raised
*before* the amended proposal was returned to the NCC. Waiting until now
with voicing your objections is quite frankly wasting everyone's time,
most of all the good folks at the NCC's time, who have been working on
the new IA for more than a month now.

Best regards,
Tore Anderson

(BTW: Since the Chair closed the inter-region transfer topic, I'll not
continue that discussion on the list. If you wish I'll be happy to
continue off-list, though, just shoot me a direct message and I'll
respond as best as I can.)