Draft and Recommended Draft Policies

ARIN policies are created and developed in accordance with the Policy Development Process.
Policies are posted to the Public Policy Mailing List for community discussion.
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Draft Policies become Recommended Draft Policies once the Advisory Council has determined a policy is ready to be presented to the community at a Public Policy and Members Meeting for final comments and consensus. Once a Recommended Draft Policy is presented at a Public Policy and Members Meeting, and feedback from the community is received, the Advisory Council will then vote whether to move the policy to last call, move it back to Draft Policy status for additional work, or abandon the policy. Once a policy moves through last call, it is sent to the Board of Trustees for adoption.

Number Title Current Version Status Staff/Legal Review(s) Community Presentation
ARIN-2025-2 Clarify 8.5.1 Registration Services Agreement 25 February 2025 Recommended Draft Policy 15 May 2025 ARIN 55

Draft Policies

Draft Policies are Policy Proposals that have been deemed complete, in scope for the Policy Development Process, and accepted by the Advisory Council for consideration by the community. Discussion of these policies is primarily done on the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML) by the community, and Draft Policies may be presented for additional feedback at a Public Policy and Members Meeting.

Number Title Current Version Status Staff/Legal Review(s) Community Presentation
ARIN-2023-8 Reduce 4.1.8 Maximum Allocation 27 June 2025 Draft Policy None ARIN 53, ARIN 54, ARIN 55
ARIN-2024-5 Rewrite of NRPM Section 4.4 Micro-Allocation 18 March 2025 Draft Policy 17 March 2025 ARIN 54, ARIN 55
ARIN-2024-10 Registration Requirements and Timing of Requirements With Retirement of Section 4.2.3.7.2 21 November 2024 Draft Policy 30 September 2024 ARIN 54, ARIN 55
ARIN-2025-1 Clarify ISP and LIR Definitions and References to Address Ambiguity in NRPM Text 27 March 2025 Draft Policy None ARIN 55
ARIN-2025-3 Change Section 9 Out Of Region Use Minimum Criteria 25 March 2025 Draft Policy None ARIN 55
ARIN-2025-4 Resource Issuance to Natural Persons 20 May 2025 Draft Policy 3 June 2025
ARIN-2025-5 Clarify Justification Requirements for 4.4, 4.10, 6.10, and 11.10 IP Addresses 1 July 2025 Draft Policy None
ARIN-2025-6 Fix Formula in 6.5.2.1c 1 July 2025 Draft Policy None
ARIN-2025-7 Make Policy in 6.5.8.2 Match the Examples 1 July 2025 Draft Policy None

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