* Emilio Madaio

We encourage you to review this policy proposal and send your comments to <address-policy-wg@ripe.net> before 22 October 2012.

I am really struggling with this sentence: «Other than for an additional allocation, for the purpose of determining need, a period of 24 months is used in evaluating a transferred allocation.» The interpretation I eventually ended up with, is that it means that the new 24 month period only comes into effect for initial allocations, i.e., only for transfers where the recipient LIR holds no IPv4 PA allocations. For transfers where the recipient LIR has an additional allocation, the effective need period will still be three months. Is that correct? In any case, I think it would be good this sentence could be rewritten so it is easier to understand. Another thing I am wondering about, is the new 24 month period. Prior to «Run Out Fairly», the period was 12 months. This was determined by 2006-06, which intended to harmonise the need period across the five regions. With that in mind, I would like to see why 24 months was chosen. Is 2006-06's rationale no longer valid? What are the need periods currently used for allocation transfers in the other regions? Best regards, -- Tore Anderson Redpill Linpro AS - http://www.redpill-linpro.com/