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Policy

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

RIR Watchdog

Policy records

  1. 01Policy records
  2. 02Policy evolution
  3. 03Entities
  4. 04Sources and coverage
Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:
194Policies
90People with verified identities
182Source accounts awaiting identity resolution
84Participated in 2+ policies
42Participated in 5+ policies
34.2%Top-five discussion share
1Median effective participants
12People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

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Recurring people and organisations
  1. Randy Bush27 Policies participated · 94 Discussion messages
  2. Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi25 Policies participated · 95 Discussion messages
  3. Bertrand Cherrier21 Policies participated · 47 Discussion messages
  4. Jordi Palet Martinez20 Policies participated · 60 Discussion messages
  5. Izumi Okutani17 Policies participated · 94 Discussion messages
  6. chku15 Policies participated · 18 Discussion messages
  7. Satoru Tsurumaki15 Policies participated · 16 Discussion messages
  8. Philip Smith12 Policies participated · 26 Discussion messages
  9. Sam Dickinson12 Policies participated · 19 Discussion messages
  10. Aftab Siddiqui11 Policies participated · 4 Discussion messages

Policy

Policy records

  1. prop-174

    prop-174: Align implementation of Prop-125 in APNIC Policy (APNIC-127)

    Under discussion · Official status: under discussion
    Introduced: Aug 17, 2026 · Latest activity: Sep 1, 2026
    1Policy versions
    2Discussion messages
    3Total participants
    2Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  2. prop-125

    Validation of “abuse-mailbox” and other IRT emails

    Accepted · Official status: Implemented
    Introduced: Aug 17, 2018 · Latest activity: Sep 1, 2026
    1Policy versions
    13Discussion messages
    11Total participants
    8Effective participants
    61.5%Top-five discussion share
  3. prop-169

    prop-169: Aligning IPv4 LIR Needs Assessment with Current IPv4 Delegation Policy

    Under discussion · Official status: For discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
    Introduced: Jul 13, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 27, 2026
    1Policy versions
    5Discussion messages
    6Total participants
    5Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  4. prop-175

    prop-175: Needs-Based Initial IPv6 PI Assignment

    Under discussion · Official status: under discussion
    Introduced: Aug 19, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 19, 2026
    1Policy versions
    1Total participants
  5. prop-168

    prop-168: Increase to maximum IPv4 delegations

    Under discussion · Official status: For discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
    Introduced: Dec 18, 2025 · Latest activity: Aug 17, 2026
    4Policy versions
    3Discussion messages
    4Total participants
    3Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  6. prop-173

    prop-173: Copyright and Acceptable Use Terms for APNIC Directory Services

    Under discussion · Official status: under discussion
    Introduced: Aug 17, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 17, 2026
    1Policy versions
    1Total participants
  7. prop-165

    prop-165: Provision of IPv4 Address Space to IPv6-only Networks for Transitional Purpose

    Under discussion · Official status: For Discussion at APNIC62 OPM
    Introduced: Jul 31, 2025 · Latest activity: Aug 13, 2026
    4Policy versions
    14Discussion messages
    16Total participants
    14Effective participants
    35.7%Top-five discussion share
  8. prop-162

    prop-162: WHOIS Privacy

    Accepted · Official status: Reached Consensus at APNIC 60
    Introduced: Jan 13, 2025 · Latest activity: Aug 12, 2026
    3Policy versions
    14Discussion messages
    15Total participants
    14Effective participants
    35.7%Top-five discussion share
  9. prop-172

    prop-172: Defining Internet Abuse through IP Addresses

    Under discussion · Official status: For Discussion at APNIC62 OPM
    Introduced: Aug 10, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 10, 2026
    2Policy versions
    1Total participants
  10. prop-171

    prop-171: Operational Accountability for Abuse Contacts in Sub-Allocated Address Space

    Under discussion · Official status: For Discussion at APNIC62 OPM
    Introduced: Aug 10, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 10, 2026
    1Policy versions
    2Total participants
  11. unnumbered-icp2-rir-governance-review-2023

    Review of ICP-2 and the RIR Governance Document

    Under discussion · Official status: under_discussion
    Latest activity: Jul 28, 2026
    1Policy versions
    1Discussion messages
    1Total participants
    1Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  12. prop-170

    prop-170: Nibble-Boundary Alignment for IPv6 Allocations

    Under discussion · Official status: For Discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
    Introduced: Jul 25, 2026 · Latest activity: Jul 25, 2026
    1Policy versions
    2Total participants
  13. prop-167

    Published Statistics on Directory Service Usage

    Accepted · Official status: Implemented
    Introduced: Aug 5, 2025 · Latest activity: Jun 30, 2026
    2Policy versions
    6Discussion messages
    7Total participants
    6Effective participants
    83.3%Top-five discussion share
  14. prop-166

    prop-166: Revocation of Persistently Non-functional RPKI Certification Authorities

    Accepted · Official status: Reached consensus at APNIC 60
    Introduced: Jul 31, 2025 · Latest activity: Feb 11, 2026
    1Policy versions
    15Discussion messages
    16Total participants
    15Effective participants
    33.3%Top-five discussion share
  15. prop-163

    Enhancing WHOIS Transparency and Efficiency Through Referral Server Implementation

    Withdrawn · Official status: Withdrawn By Author
    Introduced: Jan 13, 2025 · Latest activity: Sep 12, 2025
    1Policy versions
    2Discussion messages
    3Total participants
    2Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  16. prop-164

    prop-164: Allocations of IPv6 Resources longer than a /32 with a nibble boundary alignment

    Under discussion · Official status: For discussion at APNIC 62 OPM
    Introduced: Jun 12, 2025 · Latest activity: Sep 2, 2025
    5Policy versions
    6Discussion messages
    8Total participants
    6Effective participants
    83.3%Top-five discussion share
  17. prop-135

    Documentation

    Accepted · Official status: Implemented
    Introduced: Aug 13, 2021 · Latest activity: Aug 11, 2025
    1Policy versions
    34Discussion messages
    20Total participants
    11.8Effective participants
    55.9%Top-five discussion share
  18. prop-159

    Reduction of minimum IPv6 allocation size form /32 to /36

    Abandoned · Official status: Abandoned
    Introduced: Aug 5, 2024 · Latest activity: Mar 9, 2025
    1Policy versions
    1Discussion messages
    2Total participants
    1Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  19. prop-160

    Change IPv6 Initial assignment to /44 for Organizations Eligible for multihoming

    Abandoned · Official status: Abandoned
    Introduced: Aug 5, 2024 · Latest activity: Mar 6, 2025
    2Policy versions
    9Discussion messages
    6Total participants
    4.3Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share
  20. prop-154

    Resizing of IPv4 assignment for the IXPs

    Accepted · Official status: Implemented
    Introduced: Aug 8, 2023 · Latest activity: Feb 20, 2025
    2Policy versions
    5Discussion messages
    7Total participants
    5Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share

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