Dear colleagues, Policy proposal 2023-03, “Voluntary Transfer Lock”, is now in the Review Phase. The goal of this proposal is to allow resource holders whose resources are registered with the RIPE NCC to inform them which of these resources must not be transferred for a certain amount of time. The RIPE NCC has prepared an impact analysis on this proposal to support the community’s discussion. You can find the proposal and impact analysis at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-03 https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-03#impact-analysis And the draft documents at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-03/draft As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Review Phase is to continue discussion of the proposal taking the impact analysis into consideration, and to review the full draft RIPE Policy Document. At the end of the Review Phase, the Working Group (WG) Chairs will determine whether the WG has reached rough consensus. It is therefore important to provide your opinion, even if it is simply a restatement of your input from the previous phase. We encourage you to read the proposal, impact analysis and draft document and to send any comments to ncc-services-wg@ripe.net before 31 August 2023. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC