<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Emilio Madaio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emadaio@ripe.net" target="_blank">emadaio@ripe.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Colleagues<br>
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A proposed change to RIPE Document ripe-530, "IPv4 Address Allocation<br>
and Assignment Policy for the RIPE NCC Service Region", is now<br>
available for discussion.<br>
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You can find the full proposal at:<br>
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� �<a href="http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-03" target="_blank">http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-03</a><br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>If I understand the rationale correctly, the change essentially means that a LIR has more time to actually implement a use of a transferred block, than they have for a new block.<br>
<br>I am a n00b at these matters, but I don't quite see why this is an important change, and why as much as 24 months is necessary.<br><br>Could someone please try to enlighten me?<br>-- <br>Jan<br>