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A proposal to lower the IPv4 minimum allocation size and initialallocation criteria in the AsiaPacificregion

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.

Source facts

Policy ID
prop-014
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Unknown
Normalized status
Unknown
Introduced
Jan 19, 2004
Last source update
Oct 8, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

6Total participants
5Discussion contributors
1Formal actors
8Discussion messages
4Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
2People covering 50%
4People covering 80%

Policy evolution

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Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    Official version

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  2. Introduced

    Introduced

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Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Randy Bush
    Discussion messages3
    First activityJan 26, 2004
    Last activityJan 26, 2004
    First explicit stanceOppose
    Latest explicit stanceOppose
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies3
  2. APNIC Secretariat · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages2
    First activityMay 17, 2004
    Last activityJul 15, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies11
  3. Jeff Williams · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 27, 2004
    Last activityJan 27, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
  4. Philip Smith
    Discussion messages1
    First activityJan 28, 2004
    Last activityJan 28, 2004
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies4
  5. Ahmad Alkazimy · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages1
    First activityDec 18, 2003
    Last activityDec 18, 2003
    First explicit stanceSupport
    Latest explicit stanceSupport
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyConsistent
    Other policies0
  6. APNIC Secretariat · Identity unresolved
    Discussion messages0
    First activityUnknown
    Last activityUnknown
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position stated
    Other policies0

Sources and coverage

Official policy sources

Public discussion archives

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  • apnic-apnic-foundation-discuss-apnic.foundation
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  • apnic-apnic-services-apnic.net
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  • apnic-apnic-talk-lists.apnic.net
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  • apnic-apnic-transfers-apnic.net
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  • apnic-bgp-stats-lists.apnic.net
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  • apnic-community-elections-apnic.net
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  • apnic-community-events-apnic.net
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  • apnic-ianaxfer-apnic.net
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  • apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net
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  • apnic-sig-cooperation-apnic.net
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  • apnic-wg-pdr-apnic.net
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  • apnic-youth4ig-lists.apnic.net
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Coverage

Partial
Earliest captured: Jun 1, 2001
Latest captured: Oct 8, 2026

Freshness

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh:

Known gaps

  • www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-sig-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • www.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • conference.apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-academy-talk-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-afg-community-apnic.foundation: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apac-ict-women-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
  • apnic-apix-chair-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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  • apnic-measurement-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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  • apnic-orbit-discuss-apnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
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