ARIN Bits: December 2025

By Christina Paladeau – Social Media and Content Specialist

As we count down to the new year and winter takes hold, we’ve bundled up our last ARIN Bits of 2025! In this round up we share important updates from this past quarter and details about upcoming events, including: Reminders of approaching deadlines and changes, a new training opportunity, ARIN governance updates, and Fellowship Program applications, along with upcoming industry events and much more. Settle in and read on for all the latest news from ARIN.

Missed any previous editions? Find all past ARIN Bits posted on the blog.

In This Edition

• Please Welcome Your Newly Elected Volunteers!
• Catch Up on Everything from ARIN 56
• Take ARIN Academy’s New IPv6 Planning Course
• Prepare for 2026 Fee Schedule Changes
• Read About ARIN’s Holiday Food and Toy Drives
• Reminder: General Member Voting Requirements and Reclassification
• ARIN 57 Fellowship Program Applications Open 8 January
• Read a 2024 ARIN Community Grant Recipient’s Final Report
• Catch ARIN on the Road in Nashville
• Follow ARIN on Instagram for Exclusive, Informative Content!
• Find ARIN at Upcoming Industry Meetings and Community Events
• Current Draft and Recommended Draft Policies
• Recent Posts on the ARIN Blog

Please Welcome Your Newly Elected Volunteers!

The 2025 ARIN Elections cycle for the ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council and the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) ended on 7 November, and the winners were announced on 10 November. We’d like to congratulate those elected by the community and thank all those who took part in the election process this year — we look forward to your continued community involvement.

Here are your newly elected or reelected (R) volunteers, whose terms begin 1 January 2026:

Board of Trustees

• Lee Howard
• Hank Kilmer (R)
• Rob Seastrom (R)

Advisory Council

• E. Marie Brierley
• Gerry George (R)
• Brian Jones (R)
• Gus Reese (R)
• Alison Wood (R)

NRO NC

• Alyssa Quinn

Catch Up on Everything from ARIN 56

ARIN 56 was held 30-31 October in Arlington, Texas, and online. If you were unable to attend, missed a session, or would like to refer back to anything that was shared, you can view the ARIN 56 Meeting Report, which includes videos, transcripts, presentations, and daily recaps. And a big thank you to everyone who participated in making the meeting a success!

We’re already gearing up for ARIN 57, which is scheduled for 19-22 April 2026 in Louisville, Kentucky. Registration will open soon, and we hope to see you there either virtually or in person!  

Take ARIN Academy’s New IPv6 Planning Course

Wondering where to start with IPv6 or what the right size block is for your organization? Head to our free, interactive e-learning platform, ARIN Academy, to take the new IPv6 Address Planning Basics course. It will help you better understand IPv6 address planning, block sizes, and how to plan for your organization’s growth.

IPv6 Address Planning Basics joins our other two courses — “Getting Started with ARIN” and “Using ARIN’s Hosted RPKI” — in the ARIN Academy platform, which provides on-demand, self-paced modules for the ARIN community.

Prepare for 2026 Fee Schedule Changes

The ARIN Board of Trustees has adopted a new Fee Schedule, which will be in effect on 1 January 2026. More information about the new Fee Schedule can be found in our announcement to the community. To view 2026 Registration Services Plan fees for your organization, please see our 2026 Fee Schedule.

Read About ARIN’s Holiday Food and Toy Drives

This holiday season, ARIN proudly continued its tradition of supporting families in need by organizing food and toy drives in partnership with local nonprofit Northern Virginia Family Service. Read the blog post to learn about the initiative: ARIN’s 2025 Holiday Food and Toy Drives Bring Joy to Local Families.

Reminder: General Member Voting Requirements and Reclassification

General Members are required to vote in ARIN Elections at least once every three years to maintain their status. After each annual election, General Members that did not cast a ballot in any of the previous three ARIN Elections revert to Service Member status. On 19 November 2025, ARIN reclassified 259 General Member organizations that did not cast a ballot in the 2023, 2024, or 2025 ARIN Elections.

If your organization is interested in participating in ARIN Elections, visit our Membership page to learn how you can request or reinstate General Member status (if your organization is current on all invoices) using your ARIN Online account.

ARIN 57 Fellowship Program Applications Open 8 January

Are you interested in meeting other members of the ARIN community, learning about policies on the docket for ARIN 57, receiving mentorship by a member of the ARIN community, and more? Applications will be open 8-26 January for this spring’s Fellowship Program, which includes virtual sessions before the ARIN 57 meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, and Fellows will be selected to attend the meeting either virtually or in person at the discretion of the Fellowship Selection Committee. 

In the meantime, check out this blog post for a deeper introduction to the program and the ARIN community members providing mentorship and guidance to participants. Need more reasons to attend? Read 10 shared by past fellows.

Stay tuned to the Meetings page of our website for ARIN 57 registration opening next month.

Read a 2024 ARIN Community Grant Recipient’s Final Report

A post sharing the final report from one of the two 2024 ARIN Community Grant Program recipients is now available on the ARIN Blog. Learn how the Internet Society has been hard at work the past year using the grant funds to improve the overall Internet industry and Internet user environment.

Visit the ARIN Community Grant Program page for more information and to find out how your organization can apply in 2026.

Catch ARIN on the Road in Nashville

We’re heading to Music City for ARIN on the Road’s first stop of 2026! If you’re in Tennessee and want to experience our amazing community in person, learn more about ARIN, and explore what we can offer your organization, then don’t miss your chance when this special event comes to Nashville on Thursday, 12 February, directly following FISPA Live 2026. ARIN staff will be on site to answer questions about IPv6 deployment and IPv4 status, discuss RPKI and routing security, provide an intro to the Policy Development Process, and more. Need more reasons to attend? We shared five on the blog.

Stay tuned to our website for registration opening soon: ARIN on the Road.

Follow ARIN on Instagram for Exclusive, Informative Content!

If you’re not following us on Instagram yet, you’re missing out! From educational quick tips and simple, savable tutorials to event coverage and community stories, we’re sharing professional insights delivered through engaging visual content. Find us at @arin_rir to join us as we explore new ways to engage with the Internet community and share the stories that shape our digital future. And don’t forget to tag @arin_rir in your content about Internet number resource management, routing security and RPKI, Internet policy and governance, and networking so we can keep the conversation going.

Find ARIN at Upcoming Industry Meetings and Community Events

In addition to the ARIN events we host — like our Public Policy and Members Meetings and ARIN on the Road workshops — we attend many community events where you can join us to hear updates and presentations, ask us questions, get help with your ARIN account and resources, and more. Here’s where you can find us in the next few months:

• CES 2026 | 6-9 January | Las Vegas, Nevada
• NANOG 96 | 2-4 February | San Francisco, California
• FISPA LIVE | 9-11 February | Nashville, Tennessee
• ISPAMERICA (formerly: WISPAMERICA)| 2-5 March | Atlanta, Georgia

For a full list of the events ARIN will be participating in, visit our Community Event Calendar online.

Current Draft and Recommended Draft Policies

Find the status of current policy discussions on our website and subscribe to the ARIN-PPML (Public Policy Mailing List) to voice your opinions. Remember, membership is not required to participate!

Recent Posts on the ARIN Blog

• NRO RPKI Program — 2025 in Review
• ARIN’s 2025 Holiday Food and Toy Drives Bring Joy to Local Families
• Behind the Scenes at ARIN’s Government Affairs Department
• Exploring the Potential of RPKI Signed Checklists for Stronger Trust Models
• Everything 8.3 & 8.4 Transfer Source and Recipient Organizations Need to Know
• Internet Evolution: Moore’s Law, Addressing Architectures, and the Future of Internet Scale
• ARIN 56 Day 1 and Day 2 Recaps
• A Solution to Concerns on the Current RPKI Trust Anchor Configuration
• Advancing Caribbean Digital Resilience at CTU ICT Week 2025
• Get to Know the Draft Policies Up for Discussion at ARIN 56
• Get Ready for ARIN Elections

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