Dear Nick, Please see RIPE NCC Registration Services' answer to your questions ragarding proposal 2006-01 below:
More generally, if Organisation X already holds IPv6 space, whether PA or PI, and where:
1. they are not using the entire address block for their infrastructural needs, 2. they intend to organise an event which requires a separate IPv6 address block for routing purposes, 3. the total number of /64s required for both their normal infrastructural needs and their event requirements does not exceed their existing ipv6 assignment 4. that assignment is either for a once-off or a periodically recurring meeting
then in this situation, would the RIPE NCC registration department be happy to assign an ipv6 address block for that purpose? My take on this is probably not. But it would be helpful to get a formal opinion from this from the RIPE NCC.
The current version of proposal 2006-01 contains the provisions for assigning more than a single /48 to an organisation:
Additional assignments may also be made when there is a technical need demanding this or usage justified. When possible, these further assignments will be made from an adjacent address block.
Only very large networks would qualify for multiple /48 subnets under the "usage justified" provision. However, networks that have multiple unconnected end-sites and intend to originate the prefixes from different ASNs could qualify under the "technical need" criterion. So an organisation that has received a prefix for its infrastructure could still qualify for an additional assignment for organising a meeting, although this would depend on the details of their network setup. In the specific case of the RIPE NCC organising the RIPE meeting, the issue of the contractual relationship would have to be resolved first. Best regards, Alex Le Heux RIPE NCC Policy Implementation Co-ordinator