* Richard Hartmann
I support this proposal.
Thank you!
Three cosmetic comments; it would be nice if they could be incorporated. If not, they should _not_ hold up this process in any way.
* "In the event that this /16 remains unused at the time the remaining addresses covered by this policy has been distributed, it returns to the pool to be distributed as per section 5.1, and this section is to be automatically deleted from the policy document." should read "have been distributed", instead.
No-brainer. Will incorporate, thanks.
* "IXPs holding other PI IPv4 space for their peering LAN (i.e. they are seeking a larger assignment), must return their old peering LAN resources back to this pool within 180 days of assignment." uses IXP once and Internet Exchange [Pp]oint otherwise. Might clean that up just as well. Similarly, "Internet Exchange point" should be replaced with "Internet Exchange Point"
I suggest abbreviating all references except for the first one (where the abbreviation is defined in the first place). Sounds good?
* "Clear contractual arrangements are recommended and are mandatory for PA space." This could be worded more clearly. Are they recommended generally, but mandatory for PA? If yes, PI have contractual requirements as well so this could be mentioned here as well. An alternative interpretation would be that contracts are both mandatory and recommended for PA space which would be somewhat nonsensical.
The original statement read: «LIRs must make it clear to End Users which type of address space [PI vs PA] is assigned. Clear contractual arrangements are recommended and are mandatory for PA space.» I removed the first sentence as part of "cleanup", since PI is a thing of the past. Agreed that the remaining statement looks awkward on its own. Suggested new replacement: «Clear contractual arrangements are mandatory for PA space.» In any case, contractual arrangements have been mandatory for both PI and PA space since 2007-01 was implemented, so the suggestion that it was "only" recommended for PI was in any case obsolete and incorrect policy. Good catch, thanks! Tore