[LACNIC/Politicas] Interpretation Note on Policy Manual item 2.3.2.18 [ENGLISH]

[Scott Leibrand]

I believe that interpretation is correct. If a qualified request cannot be completely filled due to insufficient space remaining in the general free pool, the qualified requestor would have the option to instead get the space via transfer. 

Scott

> On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:17 PM, Juan Alejo Peirano <jpeirano at lacnic.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear policy-list participants,
> 
> As discussed in the Public Policy Forum on the morning of Wednesday 30/10, LACNIC's Staff want to make a consensus call on how to interpret the following note, described in Section 2.3.3.18, Transfer of IPv4 Blocks within the LACNIC Region.
> 
> "NOTE: This section will come into force when LACNIC or any of its NIRs becomes unable,
> for the first time, to cover an IPv4 block allocation or assignment because of lack of resources."
> 
> As we understand, this note explains that transfers between LACNIC associates take effect at the time that the LACNIC or one of LACNIC's NIRs can not satisfy a request due to lack of resources of the regular pool (IPv4 pool without considering reserves). This moment in time, according to our interpretation , is when , probably
> the last assignment can not be fully covered with the regular pool, so the following request will be covered
> with a block, maximum / 22, from the "Soft Landing" reserve ( item 11.2 Policy Manual) .
> 
> During the last Public Policy Forum in Curazao, some participants have different interpretations about this.
> 
> It is our intention to reach consensus on this note, the time when the transfer section effectively becomes active and define the procedures to be followed by the Registration Services in LACNIC during this stage .
> 
> All comments and remarks are most welcome
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Juan Alejo Peirano
> Responsable de Políticas // Policy Officer
> LACNIC -http://www.lacnic.net
> Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry
> 
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