+1 I support this proposal and hope that if it passes, policymakers at ARIN take note of the fact that both registries who have reached exhaust have recognized that removing the needs test from transfers is completely compatible with the ideals of stewardship. We know that APNIC was browbeaten into restoring the needs test in order to tap the ARIN market. There will be similar pressure applied to RIPE, I am sure, but for my part I will pressure ARIN to remove its needs test for transfers as the best way to facilitate a global market in IPv4 address space. RIPE's implementation of 2013-03 would assist in that effort. Regards, Mike Burns IPTrading.com -----Original Message----- From: Donal Cunningham Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:54 AM To: address-policy-wg@ripe.net Subject: Re: [address-policy-wg] 2013-03 New Draft Document and Impact Analysis Published (No Need - Post-Depletion Reality Adjustment and Cleanup) +1 - I support this proposal. D. -- IP Network Engineer, AirSpeed Telecom dcunningham@airspeed.ie : +353 1 428 7531