Hi,
i can not speak to the intent in the ripe region. but the principal intent of the final /8 policy in the apnic region was so that *new* entrants could get one small piece of the pie.
This was also the original reasoning here in the RIPE region.
If so, the letter of the policy contradicts this - there is no mention of only "new" requestors, rather any LIR that can demonstrate a need will be assigned one last /22. One could reasonably assume that the intention has then failed in the original policy and is not a valid argument against the proposal...
Correct. That is why I said 'original reasoning'. At some point it was decided (as in: declared consensus on) that existing LIRs also should get some addresses for NATs, proxy servers etc. The RIPE NCC can double in member-count while still being able to give every LIR a /22. But the reason the policy was proposed in the first place was for the new entrants. Met vriendelijke groet, Sander Steffann