Re: [sig-policy] prop-096: Maintaining demonstrated needs requirement in
> I'm posting this as a followup to the announcement to the list.
>
> You should note that there is a timing issue related to this proposal.
> It seems *highly likely* that the final /8 phase will begin before this
> policy can be discussed again in Korea. If that happens then we may see
> transfers taking place under our current final /8 policy:
>
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> Prior to the exhaustion of APNIC's IPv4 space (that is, prior to the use
> of the "final /8" allocation measures) recipients of transfers will be
> required to justify their need for address space. After this time there
> is no requirement for any form of evaluation of requirements for
> eligibility.
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For folks who don't remember back to the months prior to August 2009,
"demonstrated need" was a hotly debated clause in the original transfer
policy proposal text (prop-050). The clause was not included in the
final text that gained consensus.
Do we really want to put it back in, especially, as Andy points out,
there will be a period where transfers will happen without any
demonstrated needed? Maybe the experience of the initial transfers
taking place can be documented to give us better guidance in Busan. :-)
philip
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