On Mar 12, 2015, at 9:16 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@inex.ie> wrote:
On 12/03/2015 12:45, John Curran wrote:
ARIN's policies only apply to number resources that are contained within in the ARIN registry. To the best of my knowledge, number resources which have been transferred to another regional registry would be subject to that regional Internet registry's policies. ... It clarifies the intent, but "to the best of my knowledge" is an expression of opinion rather than a formal statement of policy. If we're going to have a working transfer mechanism, given that there is a level of ambiguity in the text in the ARIN transfer policy, it would be good if this could be clarified formally so that we can remove any doubt.
Nick - Actually, it is unclear if there is indeed any ambiguity in the ARIN inter-RIR transfer policy, but regardless, the following statement that I made above _is_ a formal clarification - "ARIN's policies only apply to number resources that are contained within in the ARIN registry." What follows is prefaced by "To the best of my knowledge" simply because it reflects my belief that other RIRs also do apply their policies to resources within their registry (something over which neither ARIN nor I have any control...) I hope this helps; please let me know if any further clarification is needed. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN