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color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">Dear
colleagues,</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">The policy
proposal 2023-01, "</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#464749;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">Reducing IXP
IPv4 assignment default size
to a /26</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">"
is now in the extended
Discussion Phase.</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#2E2E31;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">This proposal
modifies the default size of
IPv4 assignments for IXPs from a /24 to /26 and clarifies the
return of the
assignments previously issued for their IXP peering LAN. </span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#2E2E31;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">The Discussion
Phase has been extended as
there was some support for the concept, but no feedback was sent
on v 2.0.</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">As per the RIPE Policy
Development Process (PDP), the
purpose of this five-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the
proposal and
provide feedback to the proposers.</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#2E2E31;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">If you support
this version of the proposal
(v 2.0), please indicate that support with a simple message to
the mailing list.
</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#2E2E31;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">If you have
objections or would like a
change, please provide that feedback to the mailing list.</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">At the end of the Discussion
Phase, the proposers, with
the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with
the proposal.</span></p>
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</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">You can find
the full proposal at:</span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#149D9B;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-01"><font
color="black">https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-01</font></a><br>
</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#262626;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
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style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:#2E2E31;mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB">The PDP document can be found
at:</span></p>
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lang="EN-GB"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781</a><br>
</span><a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"></span></a></span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span
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mso-font-kerning:0pt" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p>
<span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:
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New Roman";
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:
EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA" lang="EN-GB">We encourage you to
review this proposal and
send your comments to <br>
<font color="black"><a href="mailto:address-policy-wg@ripe.net"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">address-policy-wg@ripe.net</a></font>
before 29 May 2023. <br>
<br>
<br>
Kind regards, <br>
<br>
Angela Dall'Ara<br>
Policy Officer<br>
RIPE NCC<br style="mso-special-character:line-break">
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