Hello Mike
Thank you for your input. It’s very helpful to me.
I hope to make a single policy document available in the official Text version, HTML, and PDF. These all need to be maintained separately, though, as there is no acceptable way to convert form one format to the other.
One of my strong arguments for adopting a single policy approach is to reduce the amount of maintenance required. I’ve presented on this at earlier meetings. I would probably use MS Word to create the PDF (although my browser print function does a pretty
good PDF rendition of a policy document). Including Word as a fourth format wouldn’t create additional work.
There is actually a Document Editorial Policy that governs all this. It mentions formats ‘similar' to PDF. MS Word. .docx is ‘similar', right?
http://www.apnic.net/publications/media-library/documents/policy-development/editorial-policy
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On 18/02/2014 11:52 am, "HENDERSON MICHAEL, MR" <MICHAEL.HENDERSON@NZDF.mil.nz> wrote:
I’d vote for Option 5. Like Owen, I like the idea of having all the policy together in one document, but your new ‘Option 5’ layout seems much better. Also, in attempting to create the
new format you are likely to notice any discrepancies between the former separate policy formulations, even if the differences are only of wording rather than policy. Also, please can we have “download as HTML” and “download as PDF” buttons on the web page.
[I’d like a “download as Microsoft Word document” button too, but appreciate that some people
really don’t like MS Word.] Regards Mike From:
sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net [mailto:sig-policy-bounces at lists dot apnic dot net]
On Behalf Of Adam Gosling Hello Owen That makes me think of another option I haven’t listed. We could take the structure outlined in option 4 and put them all in one document. That way we would have all the definitions, goals, and principles information
at the beginning of the document and then have three sections IPv4, IPv6, and ASNs. One of the concerns with option 2 was the way Section 6 swaps back and forth between the three resource types. So I present Option 5 structure below. It would achieve the goal of one policy document with all its advantages, but keep the various resource policy criteria
quite distinct. ------------------------------- OPTION 5: One Policy Document ------------------------------- Section 1: Policy Environment ----------------------------- 1.1. Introduction Scope of Policy Distribution Hierarchy 1.2. Definitions All definitions 1.3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 1.4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 1.5. Resource Management APNIC pool management Historical resources LIR responsibilities 1.6. General requirements for requests 1.7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional transfers IPv4 & ASNs Inter-RIR transfers IPv4 & ASNs Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions 1.8. Experimental allocations Section 2: IPv4 Policy ---------------------- 2.1. IPv4 Resource requests Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations 2.2. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional IPv4 transfers Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions Section 3: IPv6 Policy ---------------------- 3.1. IPv6 Resource requests Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments 3.2. Resource Transfers Mergers, acquisitions 3.3. Appendix A : HD-Ratio Section 4: ASN Policy --------------------- 4.1. ASN Resource requests Criteria for ASN delegations 4.2. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional ASN transfers Inter-RIR ASN transfers Mergers, acquisitions -- Adam Gosling Senior Policy Specialist email:
adam at apnic dot net APNIC sip: adam at voip dot apnic dot net http://www.apnic.net phone: +61 7 3858 3100 ________________________________________________________________________ * Sent by email to save paper. Print only if necessary. On 18/02/2014 12:26 am, "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong dot com> wrote: I support option 2.
It is hard enough trying to follow the regional policy differences as an international network. At least being able to find each regions policies in a single document would be a monumental improvement. Owen On Feb 16, 2014, at 21:33 , Adam Gosling <adam at apnic dot net> wrote:
Dear Colleagues Many of you may recall that the APNIC Secretariat has been working toward a restructure of the policy documents that govern the management of resources in the region. Last March, I circulated a draft document that merged all seven policy documents into one policy manual. The email containing the links to those drafts is available here: Since then I have had some feedback that some may find a different approach easier. Accordingly, I have identified below, a series of four options. These range from no change - maintain the seven separate documents, to keeping three or four documents. To give a sense of what this might look like, I've pasted a likely Table of Contents for each policy according to the structure of each option. I can discuss this in more detail at APNIC 37, but the idea is to either put all policies together in one policy manual, or to maintain separate IPv4, IPv6, and AS number documents. I look forward to feedback and opinions from community members, either on this list, or at the meeting. Kind Regards, Adam -- Adam Gosling Senior Policy Specialist email:
adam at apnic dot net APNIC sip: adam at voip dot apnic dot net http://www.apnic.net phone: +61 7 3858 3100 ________________________________________________________________________ * Sent by email to save paper. Print only if necessary. ------------------- OPTION 1: No Change ------------------- Policy Environment IPv4 Policy IPv6 Policy Experimental Policy ASN Policy Transfers Policy Historical Resource Policy -------------------- OPTION 2: One Policy -------------------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Distribution Hierarchy 2. Definitions All definitions 3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 5. Resource Management APNIC pool management Historical resources LIR responsibilities 6. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments Criteria for ASN delegations Experimental allocations 7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional transfers IPv4 & ASNs Inter-RIR transfers IPv4 & ASNs Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio -------------------------------- OPTION 3: Three Policy Documents -------------------------------- IPv4 Policy ----------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Distribution Hierarchy 2. Definitions Relevant definitions only 3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 5. Resource Management APNIC pool management Historical resources LIR responsibilities 6. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations Experimental allocations 7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional IPv4 transfers Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions IPv6 Policy ----------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Distribution Hierarchy 2. Definitions Relevant definitions only 3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 5. Resource Management APNIC pool management LIR responsibilities 6. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments Experimental allocations 7. Resource Transfers Mergers, acquisitions 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio ASN Policy ---------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy & Distribution Hierarchy 2. Definitions Relevant definitions only 3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 5. Resource Management APNIC pool management Historical resources LIR responsibilities 6. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for ASN delegations Experimental allocations 7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional ASN transfers Inter-RIR ASN transfers Mergers, acquisitions ------------------------------- OPTION 4: Four Policy Documents ------------------------------- Policy Environment ------------------ 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Distribution Hierarchy 2. Definitions All definitions 3. Policy framework Goals & Principles 4. Resource License Validity, renewal, recovery 5. Resource Management APNIC pool management Historical resources LIR responsibilities 6. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional transfers IPv4 & ASNs Inter-RIR transfers IPv4 & ASNs Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions 7. Experimental allocations 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio IPv4 Policy ----------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Subject to Policy Environment 2. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for initial IPv4 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv4 delegations 7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional IPv4 transfers Inter-RIR IPv4 transfers Historical resources Mergers, acquisitions IPv6 Policy ----------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Subject to Policy Environment 2. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for initial IPv6 delegations Criteria for subsequent IPv6 allocations Criteria for initial IPv6 assignments Criteria for subsequent IPv6 assignments 7. Resource Transfers Mergers, acquisitions 8. Appendix A : HD-Ratio ASN Policy ---------- 1. Introduction Scope of Policy Subject to Policy Environment 2. Resource requests General requirements for requests Criteria for ASN delegations 7. Resource Transfers Intra-Regional ASN transfers Inter-RIR ASN transfers Mergers, acquisitions * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy * The information contained in this Internet Email message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged information, but not necessarily the official views or opinions of the New Zealand Defence Force. If you are not the intended recipient
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