Dear Working Group, I announced too many weeks ago that a small group was looking into the IPv6 policy, as it is today, why it is what it is, and whether the underlying assumptions that the policy is based on are still valid. After taking way too long (apologies - lots of good excuses, but this really shouldn't have dragged so long), I present you document with a very personal view on the IPv6 address policy, coming from me, Kurt Kayser and Sander Steffan (.txt and .pdf). This is not a task force document, this is not a formal WG document, and this is not an official RIPE document (though it might make a labs article). It is intended as a personal look at 24-odd years of IPv6 policy... and to spur discussion and further work on some areas that feel "in the rough". We'll present about this next week, picking some points as starting points for "shall we do something here? if yes, what? and who?" - but this is not about *me*, but about the commounity - *you*. Anyone is free and welcome to start a discussion and work on aspects we brought up - or on other aspects. Gert Doering -- long-time IPv6 policy geek -- have you enabled IPv6 on something today...? SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard, Michael Emmer Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (0)89/32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279