[sig-policy] Final call for comments prop-020-v001 Application of the HD ratio to IPv4

[Save Vocea <save@apnic.net>]

Dear colleagues

APNIC welcomes comments and suggestions on the following policy
proposal:

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Status of [prop-020-v001] "Application of the HD ratio to IPv4"
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At the APNIC 21 Policy SIG, there was discussion of the status of
[prop-020-v001] "Application of the HD ratio to IPv4". Below is a
summary of the proposal activity to date:


- 4 August        Posted to Policy SIG mailing list on 4 August 2004.

- August 2004     Presented at APNIC 18. No decision
                  reached, however an LIR survey was requested to
                  better understand the issues faced by LIRs in trying
                  to achieve 80 percent utilisation.

- February 2005   Presentation at APNIC 19 on development of the LIR
                  survey.

- September 2005  Informational update of LIR survey results at APNIC
                  20. Discussion continued in Policy SIG mailing list.

- March 2006      Discussion about the proposal's status at APNIC 21.
                  The proposal has been abandoned in ARIN and LACNIC
                  regions and is in final call in the RIPE region.
                  As there has not been no decision on this proposal
                  to date in the APNIC region, it was decided to
                  return the proposal to the Policy SIG mailing list
                  for four-week discussion before deciding the
                  future of the proposal.


This proposal is now being submitted to the Policy SIG mailing list
for a four-week discussion period. At the end of that period, based
on the comments received, the Chair of the Policy SIG will decide
whether the proposal should be abandoned or moved forward.

*   Send all comments and questions to:   <sig-policy@apnic.net>
*   Deadline for comments:                14 April 2006


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Proposal details
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[prop-020-v001] is a proposal to use the HD ratio for measurement of
IPv4 utilisation, for the purpose of determining when a given block of
address space should be considered as fully utilised.


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References
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Proposal details including full text of proposal, presentations, links
to relevant meeting minutes, and links to mailing list discussions are
available at:

    http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals/prop-020-v001.html


Kind regards,
Save
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Savenaca Vocea,  Policy Development Manager,   <save@apnic.net>
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