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Policy records

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

Coverage: Partial

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Nov 6, 2026, 9:36:59 PM UTC

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-icp2_review: 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: Nov 6, 2026, 9:37:30 PM UTC

642Policies

51People with verified identities

185Source accounts awaiting identity resolution

126Participated in 2+ policies

42Participated in 5+ policies

23.9%Top-five discussion share

UnknownMedian effective participants

18People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

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Recurring people and organisations

Owen DeLong42 Policies participated · 171 Discussion messages
Member Services32 Policies participated · 50 Discussion messages
Member Services29 Policies participated · 60 Discussion messages
Unknown17 Policies participated · 27 Discussion messages
Matthew Kaufman14 Policies participated · 32 Discussion messages
William Herrin13 Policies participated · 53 Discussion messages
Chris Grundemann13 Policies participated · 33 Discussion messages
Leo Bicknell13 Policies participated · 32 Discussion messages
Stephen Sprunk12 Policies participated · 23 Discussion messages
John Curran11 Policies participated · 53 Discussion messages

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Who actually shaped this RIR?

Policy records

Relax 4.10 Usage Restrictions

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-2024-5

ARIN-2025-3

ARIN-2025-2

ARIN-2025-8

SPARK (Starter Pack for ARIN Resource Kit)

ARIN-2025-5