Dear colleagues, This mail provides a simple overview of open policy proposals and the stage they have reached in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). We will send one of these summary emails every month. By doing so, we hope to make the PDP more accessible to the community and help people keep track of what is being discussed. If you wish to join the discussions about a proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. If you have feedback on how we can improve these emails, please respond to me directly. Proposals Open for Discussion: 2014-03, “Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments” – Discussion open until 22 January 2015 2014-05, “Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources” - Discussion open until 9 February 2015 2014-12, “Allow IPv6 Transfers” - Discussion open until 21 January 2015 2014-13, “Allow AS Number Transfers” - Discussion open until 21 January 2015 Proposals at Last Call: 2014-04, “Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from the Final /8” – Opinion can be stated until 12 February 2015 2014-06, “Publication of Sponsoring LIR for Legacy Internet Resource Holders” – Opinion can be stated until 13 February 2015 Proposal Overviews: PROPOSAL: 2014-03, “Remove Multihoming Requirement for AS Number Assignments” OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to ease the requirements when requesting an Autonomous System (AS) Number. It is proposed to remove the need evaluation, limit the amount of AS Numbers per organization to 1,000 and require that 16-bit AS Numbers are multihomed after nine months. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that it will be the End User that decides if the need for the AS Number is technically reasonable. STATUS: Review Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 22 January 2015 FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-03 PROPOSAL: 2014-05, “Policy for Inter-RIR Transfers of Internet Resources” OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to allow the global transfer of Internet resources. For transfers to the RIPE NCC service region from RIRs that require needs-based policies, recipients must provide the RIPE NCC with a plan for the use of at least 50% of the transferred resources within five years. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that the RIRs ARIN (North America) and APNIC (Asia-Pacific) confirmed that the proposed text is compatible with their transfer policies. Currently, the proposed inter-RIR transfer policy would apply to IPv4 PA allocations, IPv4 PI assignments and legacy resources. STATUS: Review Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 9 February FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-05 PROPOSAL: 2014-12, “Allow IPv6 Transfers” OVERVIEW: The goal of this new proposal is to allow the transfer of IPv6 address space within the RIPE NCC service region. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that the proposal would allow the transfer of IPv6 allocations and IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) assignments (or parts of them) from the rightfully registered resource holder to a new resource holder. STATUS:Review Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 21 January FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-12 PROPOSAL: 2014-13, “Allow AS Number Transfers” OVERVIEW: The goal of this new proposal is to allow the transfer of AS Numbers within the RIPE NCC service region. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Includes point that the proposal would allow the transfer of AS Numbers from the rightfully registered resource holder to a new resource holder. STATUS: Review Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 21 January FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-13 ===== The following proposals are in Last Call. Rough consensus was declared and the purpose of this phase is to give the community a final opportunity to present well-justified objections in case anyone wants to oppose the proposal. PROPOSAL: 2014-04, “Removing IPv6 Requirement for Receiving Space from the Final /8” OVERVIEW: Currently, in order to receive a final /22 IPv4 allocation from the RIPE NCC, Local Internet Registries (LIRs) must have an IPv6 allocation in the RIPE NCC service region. This proposal aims to remove this requirement. STATUS: Last Call WHERE TO COMMENT: The Address Policy Working Group – address-policy-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 12 February FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-04 PROPOSAL: 2014-06, “Publication of Sponsoring LIR for Legacy Internet Resource Holders” OVERVIEW: This proposal aims to publish the link between legacy Internet resource holders and their sponsoring Local Internet Registry (LIR). STATUS: Last Call WHERE TO COMMENT: The RIPE NCC Services Working Group – ncc-services-wg@ripe.net DEADLINE: 13 February FULL PROPOSAL: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2014-06 The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals on ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-proposal... Full information about how the PDP works is available in ripe-614, “Policy Development Process in RIPE”: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-614 We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC