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Policy records

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

Coverage: Partial

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 16, 2026, 8:06 PM

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-nrr-blueprint: 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 16, 2026, 8:07 PM

639Policies

41People with verified identities

131Source accounts awaiting identity resolution

75Participated in 2+ policies

16Participated in 5+ policies

26.3%Top-five discussion share

UnknownMedian effective participants

16People 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 Services29 Policies participated · 60 Discussion messages
Owen DeLong18 Policies participated · 43 Discussion messages
Unknown17 Policies participated · 27 Discussion messages
Stephen Sprunk10 Policies participated · 19 Discussion messages
Lee Howard9 Policies participated · 5 Discussion messages
Marla Azinger8 Policies participated · 13 Discussion messages
Randy Bush7 Policies participated · 28 Discussion messages
John M. Brown6 Policies participated · 26 Discussion messages
Bill Darte6 Policies participated · 25 Discussion messages
McBurnett, Jim6 Policies participated · 8 Discussion messages

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Policy records

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Who actually shaped this RIR?

Policy records

ARIN-2022-9

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.12 and 2.14

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.16

ARIN-2021-6

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.10

Direct Assignment Language Update

ARIN-2021-3

ARIN-2021-4

Streamlining Section 11 Policy Language

Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.1 and 2.2

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.4 and 2.5

Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.11

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Sections 2.12 and 2.14

Clean-up of NRPM – Introduction of Section 2.17

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 2.16

Editorial Clean-up of NRPM Section 2

Remove Officer Attestation Requirement for 8.5.5

Leasing not Intended

Update ISP and End User References For 2022 Fee Schedule

Remove Barrier to BGP Uptake in ASN Policy