[address-policy-wg] opposition to 2015-04

On Mon, May 30, 2016, at 20:31, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
> So there are transfers due to M&A, name changes, and *according
> to transfer policy*. Three separate cases.
> 
> Which also means that 2015-04, stating explicitly that M&A
> transfers are subject to policy, contradicts ripe-654 and would
> trigger a change of this document - which I hope would be subject
> to membership approval via GM vote.

Hi,

Well, actually, to my understanding, the M&A procedure already changed
without vote from the membership.
The whole issue is "what is a merger or an acquisition". To my current
understanding:
 - Company A purchased 100% of company B parts/shares/equity -> NOT M&A
 - Company A purchased assets of company B including network and
 customer base -> YES M&A
 - Company A and company B merge (join their assets under a common
 entity) -> YES M&A
 - Company X changing name (irrelevant of reason) -> "name change"
 (ripe-645 section 4.0)
 - Merging LIRs from the same company -> NO LONGER M&A (which changed
 without any vote), or am I wrong ?

Concerning, the proposal, there is the very confusing section 2.2 for
which says two seemingly conflicting things. The best I can understand
(which seems to be confirmed by the impact analysis) is that the 24
months interval is reset by a M&A, but M&A is not subject to it.
Whatever M&A means, which is still out of policy's scope. The wording of
section 2.2 is my only issue, but I suppose it is a minor one (how easy
to read/understand a policy is, does not seem to be an issue).

Basically, no real impact on M&A (again, whatever that means).

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