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Policy

As detailed in the Policy Development Process (PDP), the ARIN community decides how ARIN will manage and administer Internet number resources. These community decisions are recorded as polices. The ARIN Number Resource Policy Manual (NRPM) is the repository for all policies. Draft policies & proposals currently under discussion are available here.

Policy Archive

Process

Previous versions of the PDP document the process by which the ARIN community developed policy throughout ARIN's history.

Proposals

The Proposal Archive documents every policy proposal received. The Draft Policy Archive lists every draft policy that has received resolution. Policy is discussed on the Public Policy Mailing List (PPML), which is archived here.

Policy Manual

Every time new policies are adopted, a new version of the NRPM is posted. The NRPM Change Log links to all previous versions of the NRPM, as well as details about which policies were enacted and which sections were modified.

Other

ARIN's Public Policy and Members Meetings, as well as Public Policy Consultations (PPCs), play a large role in the PDP. Please check out our complete archive of all policy and members meetings for more information.

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council (AC), as tasked by the Board of Trustees (BoT), is integral to the development of Internet number resource policy at ARIN. The archive of AC meeting minutes document all policy-related actions.
Meetings
ARIN Meeting Archive
ARIN on the Road events provide the latest information on ARIN's technical services, the status of IPv6 adoption, current ARIN policy developments and updates about ARIN and the RIR system. Archives of our presentations are also available.
Corporate
Corporate Document Archive

These are links to documents relevant to ARIN's organizational, financial, and operational history. Please see the main ARIN website for more information about ARIN or its membership.
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Learning Opportunities - ARIN Policy Process and Querying WHOIS

Posted: Wed, 16 May 2007

Anyone and everyone, including YOU, can and should participate in the ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process (IRPEP). Watch ARIN's new animated feature to familiarize yourself with the way policies are developed and learn how you can get involved.

"The ARIN Policy Process: From Ideas...to Actions" can be found at:
http://www.arin.net/education/cbt/IRPEP/

To improve accessibility, ARIN has also reformatted the "Querying ARIN's WHOIS" tutorial in Adobe Flash. If you're an ARIN WHOIS user and need instruction in creating queries and understanding the output, access this interactive tutorial at http://www.arin.net/education/cbt/WHOIS/.

Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)