* sandrabrown@ipv4marketgroup.com
The intent is that 24 months should be the the period for all allocations. I will change the wording to:
A period of 24 months is used in evaluating a transferred allocation.
Thank you for clarifying. This does not actually state what those 24 months are used for, though. If I may, I'd suggest an alternative wording, based on the existing one that defines the (obsolete) need period for NCC-to-LIR transfers in section 5.0: «The RIPE NCC approves transfers of allocations to LIRs to meet their needs for a period of up to 24 months.» (Or perhaps it would be better English to use "that" instead of the first "to"? I'm not a native speaker, so not I'm not sure here.)
Tore also stated: Another thing I am wondering about, is the new 24 month period. Prior to ?Run Out Fairly?, the period was 12 months. This was determined by 2006-06, which intended to harmonise the need period across the five regions. With that in mind, I would like to see why 24 months was chosen. Is 2006-06's rationale no longer valid? What are the need periods currently used for allocation transfers in the other regions?
The need period in the ARIN region is 24 months and the need period in the APNIC region is 12 months.
Thank you again. Do you know whether or not there are any active efforts in any of those regions to harmonise the periods (in other words change it to 24 months in the APNIC region, or to 12 months in the ARIN region)? -- Tore Anderson Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com