Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Policy Proposal, 2023-01, "Reducing IXP IPv4 assignment default size to a /26" is now available for discussion. The goal of this proposal is to extend the lifetime of the IXP IPv4 address pool and to motivate IXPs to implement the exchange of IPv4 routing information over IPv6. You can find the full proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2023-01 As per the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP), the purpose of this four-week Discussion Phase is to discuss the proposal and provide feedback to the proposer. At the end of the Discussion Phase, the proposer, with the agreement of the WG Chairs, will decide how to proceed with the proposal. The PDP document can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781 We encourage you to review this proposal and send your comments to address-policy-wg@ripe.net before 7 February 2023. Kind regards, Angela Dall'Ara Policy Officer RIPE NCC