Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. Proposals Open for Discussion: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" Proposals Awaiting Input: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" Proposals Withdrawn: 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments" Proposal Overviews: PROPOSAL: 2015-04, "RIPE Resource Transfer Policies" OVERVIEW: Aims to create a single transfer policy with all relevant information on the transfer of Internet number resources, replacing text in several RIPE Policies. The proposal also introduces a 24-month holding period for IPv4 addresses and 16-bit ASNs after any change of holdership. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes the point that the current proposal version needs further clarification regarding what kinds of entities can receive transfers of allocated resources. STATUS: Review Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 16 December 2015 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-04 ===== The following proposals are awaiting input before they can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2015-05, "Revision of Last /8 Allocation Criteria" OVERVIEW: Aims to allow LIRs to request an additional /22 IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC every 18 months. This would only be possible if the LIR has not transferred any IPv4 address space before. STATUS: Discussion Phase – Awaiting decision from proposer FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2015-05 ===== The following proposal has been withdrawn since the last update. PROPOSAL: 2014-03, "Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments" OVERVIEW: Aimed to ease the requirements when requesting an Autonomous System (AS) Number. To this end, the following actions were proposed: - Remove the need for evaluation - Limit the number of AS Numbers per organisation to 1,000 - Require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months STATUS: Withdrawn REASON FOR WITHDRAWAL: The proposers decided to withdraw the proposal due to the inability to find an acceptable solution which satisfied all parties. FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2014-03 ===== The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on www.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-p... Please note: due to the upcoming holiday season, the next update about current RIPE Policy Proposals will be published in January 2016. We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC