On Mar 11, 2015, at 5:38 AM, Tore Anderson <tore@fud.no> wrote:
... In any case, ARIN staff has confirmed on multiple occasions now that 1) 2014-05 is compatible with ARIN's transfer policy, and even if it wasn't 2) that any policy adopted by a third-party RIR community cannot alter the compatibility state between the ARIN and APNIC policies.
That is correct, specifically, we assess the compatibility of an RIR's policies with our Inter-RIR transfer policy, and reassess if an RIR should change policies, i.e. RIPE adoption of policy text does not have any impact on ARIN transfers to/from APNIC.
Thus it seems very clear that there is absolutely no cause for concern; after the passage of 2014-05, all three RIRs in question will be compatible with the other two.
I believe that to be correct, although nothing precludes the community in any region from deciding that outcome does not meet their needs, and changing inter-RIR transfer policy in their region. Such would be a rather surprising development, but I have long since given up attempting to predict the outcomes of the various RIR policy development processes... Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN