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Policy records

01Policy records
02Policy evolution
03Entities
04Sources and coverage

Coverage: Partial

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 14, 2026, 6:21 AM

Earliest captured: Jan 1, 1997Known gaps: www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-ppml: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · www.arin.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-consult: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-issued: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-ppml: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-regrws: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-suggestions: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-arin-tech-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-clew: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-iana-transition: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-naipr: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-policy: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-rtma: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-services-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-v6wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-vwp: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · arin-general-members: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 14, 2026, 6:21 AM

640Policies

41People with verified identities

65Source accounts awaiting identity resolution

50Participated in 2+ policies

13Participated in 5+ policies

33.7%Top-five discussion share

UnknownMedian effective participants

10People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Discussion statistics are still being updated. Figures shown reflect the records processed so far.

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Recurring people and organisations

Member Services25 Policies participated · 44 Discussion messages
Owen DeLong16 Policies participated · 37 Discussion messages
Unknown14 Policies participated · 21 Discussion messages
Stephen Sprunk10 Policies participated · 19 Discussion messages
Lee Howard9 Policies participated · 5 Discussion messages
Marla Azinger8 Policies participated · 13 Discussion messages
McBurnett, Jim6 Policies participated · 8 Discussion messages
Scott Bradner6 Policies participated · 0 Discussion messages
Geoff Huston5 Policies participated · 16 Discussion messages
Bill Darte5 Policies participated · 15 Discussion messages

Policy

Policy records

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Policy records

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Policy records

ARIN-2026-4

ARIN-2026-5

Define Out Of Region Use

Harmonize Section 1 and Section 6, Principles and Goals Statements

ARIN-2025-1

ARIN-2025-7

ARIN-2026-3

NRPM Section 6.4.1 Retirement

ARIN-2025-6

ARIN-2026-2

NRPM Section 6.5 Revision

ARIN-2026-1

Taking IP To Other Planets (TIPTOP)

ARIN-2025-3

ARIN-2025-2

ARIN-2025-8

SPARK (Starter Pack for ARIN Resource Kit)

ARIN-2025-5

ARIN-2025-4

Reserve 4.10 space for In-Region Use