prop-046: IPv4 countdown policy proposal

Proposal text	Text
Synopsis	This proposal seeks to focus on measures that should be taken globally in the address management area in order to prepare for exhaustion of the IPv4 free pool in all RIR regions.
Current status	Returned to the mailing list for further discussion.
Authors	JPNIC IPv4 countdown policy team Akinori Maemur Akira Nakagawa Izumi Okutani Kosuke Ito Kuniaki Kondo Shuji Nakamura Susumu Sato Takashi Arano Tomohiro Fujisaki Tomoya Yoshida Toshiyuki Hosaka
Relevant forum	Policy SIG
Most recent version	prop-046-v002
Previous versions	prop-046-v001
Status at other RIRs	Version 1: AfriNIC: afpol-v4ep200708 – not adopted at AfriNIC 7 ARIN: 2007-23 – to be discussed at ARIN XX LACNIC: LAC-2007-09 not adopted RIPE: 2007-07 under discussion

Proposal history

Timeline	Activity
30 January 2007	Version 1 announced on Policy SIG mailing list
March 2007	Version 1 discussed at the APNIC 23 Policy SIG. General support expressed for three of the proposal's main principles.
6 March 2007	Version 1 returned to the Policy SIG mailing list for further discussion.
24 April 2007	Version 1 presented at the ARIN XIX Public Policy Meeting
3 May 2007	Version 1 presented at the AfriNIC 6 Plenary
9 May 2007	Version 1 presented at the RIPE 54 Address Policy WG
23 May 2007	Version 1 presented at the LACNIC X Open Policy Forum
8 August 2007	Version 2 announced to the Policy SIG mailing list
6 September 2007	Version 2 discussed at the APNIC 24 Policy SIG. There was consensus on the following principles: If there is to be a policy on the distribution of the last remaining IPv4 blocks to RIRs, then each RIR should be allocated one, not two, /8 blocks. Discussion is needed on the policy under which the last /8 would be allocated in the APNIC region.
25 September 2007	Returned to the mailing list for further discussion. Announcement