Hi Filiz,
a) Should they be made straight away or b) Should IANA wait and make them at the start of the next "IPv4 allocation period," the "6-month period following 1 March or 1 September.
It makes no practical difference to the RIPE community. This is because even if we were the first region to be the first to hit the low point of a /9 of remaining inventory, which in itself is extremely improbable, there is absolutely no chance of us fully depleting that /9 in during that initial (partial) "IPv4 allocation period", even if that period ended up being 6 months - 1 day. The only real difference is whether or not our 1/5 share of the Recovered IPv4 Pool will formally reside in "IANA storage" or "RIPE NCC storage" in that period. AfriNIC and APNIC are in the same situation. In all likelihood, either ARIN or LACNIC will be the region to first hit the /9 low point, as they plan on allocating normally up until (and beyond) that /9 point. For that reason I suspect those regions prefer option A, as that might prevent them from hitting their own trigger point for implementing their respective austerity policies within the timeframe of that initial (partial) "IPv4 allocation period". If either of those regions do indeed prefer option A, then I think the collegial thing to do would be to let them have it their way. If however ARIN and LACNIC have no preference, I'd say «whichever option makes Leo's job easier». Tore