On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Emilio Madaio <emadaio@ripe.net> wrote:

Dear Colleagues

A proposed change to RIPE Document ripe-530, "IPv4 Address Allocation
and Assignment Policy for the RIPE NCC Service Region", is now
available for discussion.

You can find the full proposal at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2012-03

If I understand the rationale correctly, the change essentially means that a LIR has more time to actually implement a use of a transferred block, than they have for a new block.

I am a n00b at these matters, but I don't quite see why this is an important change, and why as much as 24 months is necessary.

Could someone please try to enlighten me?
--
Jan