The APNIC Policy SIG meeting discussed the following: 1. One policy proposal about expanding the default IPv6 allocation size based on need. It did not reach consensus and was abandoned. 2. Two community consultations around survey results on participation barriers and a discussion on measuring consensus. Language barriers and lack of non-member participation were identified. 3. Three reports from the Secretariat on recent policy implementations, updates to the single policy manual, and additional policy support staff.

1. APNIC Policy SIG report:
Open Policy Meeting
Policy SIG Report
Masato Yamanishi, Chair

2. Policy SIG Meeting outcomes
• Considered One Policy Proposal
– prop-111: Request-based expansion of IPv6 default allocation size
• Two Community Consultations
– Survey Results Discussion
– Community Discussion on Consensus
• Three Reports from the Secretariat
– Policy Implementations
– Policy Documentation
– Inter-RIR Transfer Policy Update
• Consensus Measurement Pilot
– CONFER

3. prop-111: Request-based expansion
of IPv6 default allocation size
Proposal:
• The objective of this proposal is to modify the eligibility for
an organization to receive or extend an IPv6 address space
up to a /29 by explaining how the extended space up to /29
will be used.
Status:
• Did reach consensus and was abandoned.

4. Survey Results Discussion
• Identified two barriers for further participation
• Language may be a barrier to participation
– Simultaneous / Document translation may not help
– Active participants could translate and promote proposals within their
domestic community
– Need to consider other solutions
• Particularly Non-Members are not participating
– We need to better understand why. More research?
– Promoting the PDP is a possible solution
• Need to continue discussion on mailing list
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5. Community Discussion on
Consensus
• Reviewed current descriptions about consensus in:
– PDP
– SIG Guidelines, and
– SIG Administration slides
• Community doesn’t think we need to update documents
immediately
• Instead we need to promote our PDP for newcomers and
non-participants
– Should we produce videos
– Make more use of flow chart
– Other ideas?
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6. Secretariat reports
• Implementations since last meeting
– prop-105: Distribution of returned IPv4 address
– prop-107: AS number transfer policy proposal
– prop-109: Distribution of returned IPv4 address blocks
• Single Policy Manual
– Editorial Comment Period to start next week
• Additional Policy Support
– George Odagi, Internet Resource Analyst, will provide back-up if
Adam is unavailable

7. Proposed transfer: APNIC > RIPE NCC
Condition on APNIC Source
• As defined in the
counterpart RIR's transfer
policy
Condition on RIPE NCC Recipient
• Fulfill any requirements of the
sending RIR
• Plus existing policy requirement
– Confirm will make allocations
– Cannot re-transfer for 24 months
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• Will the ARIN community see this relationship as a
reciprocal, compatible, needs-based policy?
• Need to observe feedback from ARIN community

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CONFER – Conensus Measurement Tool
http://consensus.apnic.net

9. Thank you
Questions?
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