* David Farmer
you asked about "operational need" not "fairness";
[citation needed] I seem to remember my question being: «In a state of scarcity, what is "fair"?» While discussing the amendment: «Fair use: Public IPv4 address space must be fairly distributed to the End Users operating networks.» And finally asking you to provide a reference to the «primary definition of fairness the RIR communities have been using». So the discussion was never about "fairness"? Hmm. English is only a secondary language of mine, so I guess I must have misunderstood you. Apologies.
1) Allocation Pool Management: Due to the fixed lengths of IP addresses and AS numbers, the pools from which these resources are allocated are finite. As such, allocations must be made in accordance with the *operational needs* of those running the networks that make use of these number resources and by taking into consideration pool limitations at the time of allocation.
So depending on how you look at it, either: A (if ignoring the "last /8 pool"): The RIPE NCC's allocation pool is empty. No point in talking about the Management of an Allocation Pool that does not exist. B (if including the "last /8 pool"): I've proposed to retain the current requirement that LIRs must use the last /22 allocation for making assignments to its End Users. Either way, case closed? Tore