[address-policy-wg] Update on ALLOCATED PI/UNSPECIFIED

> My LIR have got ALLOCATED PI and ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED blocks about 
> 20 years ago, according to those days policy. Some part of address space 
> was not aggregated and was used as "ASSIGNED PI within ALLOCATED PI", 
> all of them have agreement with the LIR, which also was within the 
> policy, at least not against. Why should we change anything here? Just 
> because some LIRs lost their control over 50% of the address space 
> allocated to them? Perhaps there are some other ways to restore it?
> 
>>> After the LIRs have finished their research, the RIPE NCC will:
>>>
>>> - Convert assignments to ASSIGNED PA if it can be documented that
>>>   the administrative responsibility lies with the LIR
>>> - Follow up directly with resource holders of ASSIGNED PI to apply
>>>   the RIPE policy, “Contractual Requirements for Provider
>>>   Independent Resource Holders in the RIPE NCC Service Region”. The
>>>   PI assignments will become part of the address space managed by
>>>   the RIPE NCC just like all other PI space. Once the resource
>>>   holders have fulfilled the contractual requirements, they will
>>>   have the same rights and obligations as any other End User of PI
>>>   space.
>>> - Split the allocations to separate the PI assignments and convert
>>>   the blocks that remain with an LIR to ALLOCATED PA.

i am perennially confused by the different colors of integers.  as you
know, i prefer magenta and comic sans.

ingrid/ncc can you explain in terms an antique router geek can
understand what the actual pragmatic effect would be on these PI/PA
holders?  does it alter holders' rights?  costs?  processes? ...

i suspect that you, larisa, already understand that.  in this case, why,
in pragmatic terms a router geek can understand (yes, i know that's a
high bar, sorry), do you not like it?

randy