ARIN is a nonprofit organization that manages IP addresses and supports the operation of the Internet through policies developed by its community. It serves the United States, Canada, and Caribbean nations, and has over 38,000 member organizations. ARIN's focus is upholding the multi-stakeholder model, educating on IPv6 adoption, maintaining registry services, and coordinating globally. It engages communities through outreach events and actively solicits policy suggestions.

1. U P D A T E
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2. – A R I N M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T
“ARIN, a nonprofit member-based organization, supports
the operation of the Internet through the management of
Internet number resources throughout its service region; coordinates
the development of policies by the community for the management
of Internet Protocol number resources; and advances the
Internet through informational outreach.”
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3. • The United States
• Canada
• More than 25 Caribbean and
North Atlantic economies
Served Organizations: 38,000+
22,000+ Under Contract
5,924 Member Organizations.
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A R I N S E R V E S …

4. O U R F O C U S
• Uphold the multi-stakeholder model for management of Internet
number resources
• Educate the community about ongoing IPv6 adoption and
emerging technologies
• Maintain, develop, and enhance functionality of ARIN services as
sought by the users and supported by the membership
• Coordinate globally to maintain a consistent and highly usable
Internet Numbers Registry system
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5. C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
• ARIN on the Road/ARIN in the Caribbean
• Customer lunches
• Participation in national and regional Internet coordination & governance fora
• Outreach and training for government, law enforcement, etc.
• Support a very active community consultation and suggestion process
• ARIN Bits (our quarterly e-news update)
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6. C A R I B B E A N E N G A G E M E N T
• Major focus on Caribbean Internet development
• New Hire: Caribbean Outreach Liaison (Bevil Wooding)
• Facilitating participation with ARIN across a range of areas
(Policy Development Discussions, Outreach, Capacity
Building)
• Continuing Collaboration with:
• Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU)
• CaribNOG
• Caribbean Internet Governance Forum
• CANTO
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7. INTER-RIR TRANSFERS

8. M E M B E R I P V 6 H O L D I N G S
MEMBERS
WITH IPV6:
3,425 (58.8%)
MEMBERS
WITHOUT IPV6:
2,399 (41.2%)
MEMBERS WITH
IPV6 ONLY:
557 (9.6%)
MEMBERS
WITH BOTH
IPV4 AND IPV6:
2,868 (49.2%)

9. A D O P T E D , P E N D I N G I M P L E M E N T A T I O N
• ARIN-2018-1: Allow Inter-regional ASN Transfers
• ARIN-2018-3: Remove Reallocation Requirements for Residential
Market Assignments
• ARIN-2018-4: Clarification on Temporary Sub-Assignments
• ARIN-prop-255: NRPM Cleanup (editorial change)
• ARIN-prop-256: Modify 8.3 and 8.4 for Clarity (editorial change)
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10. R E C O M M E N D E D D R A F T P O L I C I E S
• ARIN-2018-2: Clarification to ISP Initial Allocation
• Adjusts IPv4 initial allocation policy to allow organizations without direct
allocations, direct assignments, re-allocations or reassignments to qualify
for up to a /24 automatically, and larger if they document how they will
utilize the space.
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11. D R A F T P O L I C I E S U N D E R D I S C U S S I O N
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• ARIN-2017-12: Require New POC Validation Upon Reassignment
• Remanded to the Advisory Council in July so they could discuss and
investigate the impact of this change on some larger organizations that
submit many automated reassignments to ARIN.
• ARIN-2018-5: Disallow Third-party Organization Record Creation
• Establishes that organization records shall be created only by the entity
represented by the organization record, and should be created only
through an explicit request to ARIN.
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12. D R A F T P O L I C I E S U N D E R D I S C U S S I O N
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• ARIN-2018-6: Clarify Reassignment Requirements in 4.2.3.7.1
• Intends to simplify the reassignment requirements by noting that only a
customer's name is required. Thus a “simple reassignment” can be used for
most reassignments.
• ARIN-2019-1: Clarify Section 4 IPv4 Request Requirements
• Clarifies the IPv4 waiting period and disallows recent transferors from
applying for additional IPv4 space under NRPM Section 4.
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13. D R A F T P O L I C I E S U N D E R D I S C U S S I O N
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• ARIN-2019-2: Waiting List Block Size Restriction
• Limits waiting list recipients to a /22 or smaller (similar to other RIR
“emergency pools”)
• ARIN-2019-3: Update 4.10 – IPv6 Deployment Block
• Raises the minimum allocation from this block to a between a /24 and /21,
removes the return and renumber requirement, and clarifies utilization
requirements.
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14. T H E L A T E S T
• Website redesign underway, to be
deployed early March.
• Continued user testing and community feedback
collection
• Robust community engagement and
responsiveness
• Nine community consultations
• ARIN Bits (our quarterly e-news update)
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2018 Consultations
1. Internet Routing Registry (IRR)
Roadmap
2. ASO Future Structure Consultation
3. Securing Whois Queries
4. ARIN Board Expansion
5. Fee Schedule Changes
6. Open Suggestions
7. Mailing List Attachments
8. Orphaned Point of Contact and
Organization Records
9. Specified Transfer Listing Service
Changes

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