LACNIC · RIR Watchdog
Resource Recovery Timeline
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
- LAC-2015-4
- RIR
- LACNIC
- Official status
- Implemented
- Normalized status
- Accepted
- Introduced
- Aug 20, 2015
- Last source update
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Partial
Who actually shaped the debate?
Policy evolution
Debate timeline
Public discussion
[LACNIC/Politicas] Host Sailor, Ltd.
5 Discussion messages · 2 Entities
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Entities
- Sergio Rojas. . . · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages3First activityAug 16, 2016Last activityAug 18, 2016First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies11
- Discussion messages2First activitySep 14, 2015Last activityOct 8, 2015First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies17Freshness: Stale
Identity verified: Sep 20, 2026
LACNIC · Historical wnload TXT PDF DOCX Original language Español Last modified 14/04/2014 Status Implemented 100 %. Authors Juan Alejo - Version [1] Carlos Plasencia - Version [2] In discussion 25/11/2013 Last call for comments 24/01/2014 - 14/02/2014 Ratification by the board 04/03/2014 Ratified 25/03/2014 Implemented 15/08/2014 Compare versions Version 1 Version 2 Summary This pol
politicas.lacnic.netVerified public profiles
- Discussion messages
- 2
- First activity
- Sep 14, 2015
- Last activity
- Oct 8, 2015
- First explicit stance
- Unknown
- Latest explicit stance
- Unknown
- Stance changes
- 0
- Viewpoint consistency
- Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
- Other policies
- 17
First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0
Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
The retained record is overwhelmingly forum-chair procedure: proposal announcements, last calls, agenda summaries, consensus results, ratification notices, and implementation updates. None of the applicable policies contains a safe personal viewpoint comparison, so no across-policy consistency finding is supported.
Management of Returned Internet Resources
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The only retained material reports that the proposal reached consensus and entered last call; it does not state the participant's own substantive position.
Conditions: Reporting a community outcome is not treated as personal support.
LAC-2013-04 Management of Returned Internet Resources
Creation of an IPv4 reserve exclusively for IPv6 deployment
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The only retained material reports that the proposal reached consensus and entered last call; it does not state the participant's own substantive position.
Conditions: Reporting a community outcome is not treated as personal support.
LAC-2014-01 Creation of an IPv4 reserve exclusively for IPv6 deployment
Modification to the text describing ASN distribution requirements
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages report consensus, ratification, and implementation timing, but do not express the participant's own policy position.
Conditions: Administrative implementation notices are not treated as votes or endorsements.
The proposal was RATIFIED. However, it will be implemented as soon as the corresponding settings will be completed in LACNIC?s system.
Update to the Policy Development Process
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The supplied material lists the Policy Development Process update for presentation but provides no substantive participant viewpoint on it.
Conditions: A separate retained observation assigned to this policy discusses another proposal's status and does not supply a position on this policy.
LAC-2014-3: Update to the Policy Development Process
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The participant asks whether the community wishes to continue or abandon the proposal, but does not state a personal support or opposition position.
Conditions: A request for community direction is procedural and is not treated as the sender's vote.
Would you like to continue discussing this proposal or do you believe it should be abandoned?
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages list, summarize, and report the forum outcome for Inter-RIR Transfers, but do not identify the participant's own position.
Conditions: Reported vote totals and status are community outcomes, not personal votes.
2015-2: Inter-RIR transfers. 17 in favor, 87 against, 33 abstentions. ABANDONED
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages report the proposal's discussion and eventual abandonment, but do not state the participant's own substantive viewpoint.
Conditions: A status change to abandoned is not evidence of the sender's personal opposition.
The status of proposals ?2015-3 IPv4 exhaustion policy with a scheduled termination date and the scheduled return of large users' blocks? has changed from ?UNDER DISCUSSION? to ?ABANDONED?.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages summarize the Resource Recovery Timeline proposal and report its forum result, but do not state the participant's own policy position.
Conditions: Reported vote totals and last-call status are community outcomes, not personal votes.
2015-4: Resource Recovery Timeline. 83 in favor, 3 against, 14 abstentions. APPROVED ? The proposal is now in the last call for comments period.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained message summarizes the proposed three-year transfer waiting period but does not express the participant's own support or opposition.
Conditions: A neutral policy summary is not treated as a personal viewpoint.
2015-5: Increase the minimum period of time required before a block can be transferred under section 2.3.2.18 Summary: This proposal seeks to modify section 2.3.2.18, increasing the period of time required before an assigned block can be transfered to 3 years, from the one-year period currently in force.
Modify the scope of IPv4 Exhaustion Phase 2 for the region
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages describe the expedited process and invite comments for or against the proposal, without stating the participant's own position.
Conditions: Soliciting views on approval is not treated as an endorsement or objection.
We would like to invite you all to participate by expressing your views and comments in favor or against approval of the proposal.
Settling IPv4-IPv6 connectivity disputes when only one of the protocols is supported
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages announce and describe successive versions of the IPv4-IPv6 connectivity proposal but do not state the participant's own substantive view.
Conditions: Quoting proposal text as a forum chair is treated as procedural transmission.
The community's comments and opinions are essential to the proper functioning of the policy development process.- Do you support this policy or are you against it?
IPv4 reserve pool for critical Internet infrastructure in the region.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The only retained observation lists the critical-infrastructure IPv4 reserve proposal among policies scheduled for discussion, without expressing a personal position.
Conditions: Agenda listing is procedural evidence only.
LAC-2016-2: IPv4 reserve pool for critical Internet infrastructure in the region.
Remove the reference to a provider’s "multihomed or non-multihomed status".
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The only retained observation lists the multihoming-status proposal among policies scheduled for discussion, without expressing a personal position.
Conditions: Agenda listing is procedural evidence only.
LAC-2016-3: Remove the reference to a provider?s "multihomed or non-multihomed status".
Modify direct IPv6 address assignments to end users
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages announce and describe versions of the direct IPv6 assignment proposal but do not state the participant's own support or opposition.
Conditions: Publishing version changes as a forum chair is not treated as a personal policy position.
Proposal LAC-2016-4 has been updated to version 2.
Modify the size of initial IPv6 allocations
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages announce and describe versions of the initial IPv6 allocation-size proposal but do not state the participant's own support or opposition.
Conditions: Publishing version changes as a forum chair is not treated as a personal policy position.
Proposal LAC-2016-5 has been updated to version 2.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained messages announce and list the subsequent direct IPv6 assignment proposal but do not state the participant's own support or opposition.
Conditions: Receipt and agenda notices are procedural evidence only.
A new Policy Proposal has been received and assigned the following ID:LAC-2016-6.
Modify the size of initial IPv6 allocations
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The only retained observation associated with this policy is an agenda listing of an IPv6 allocation-size proposal; it does not establish the participant's own viewpoint.
Conditions: Agenda listing is procedural evidence only.
LAC-2016-5: Modify the size of initial IPv6 allocations.
Management of Returned Internet Resources · Creation of an IPv4 reserve exclusively for IPv6 deployment
Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The retained record reports parallel forum outcomes for both proposals but does not state the participant's own substantive position on either one, so no cross-policy consistency conclusion is supported.
Conditions: Consensus and last-call reporting are treated as community outcomes rather than as the participant's personal policy positions.
LAC-2013-04 Management of Returned Internet Resources
LAC-2014-01 Creation of an IPv4 reserve exclusively for IPv6 deployment
- Sep 14, 2015 · Procedural or neutral
[LACNIC/Politicas] Resumen de Politicas en discusion//Policy discussion Summary//Resumo discussão política
un resumen de las pr?ximas pol?ticas
Source facts ↗ - Oct 8, 2015 · Procedural or neutral
[LACNIC/Politicas] Resumen Foro Publico Politicas LACNIC 24 // LACNIC 24 Public Policy Forum Summary // Resultado do Forum Público de Políticas
2015-4 Plazo para la recuperaci?n de recursos:
Source facts ↗
Per-policy stance timelines:LAC-2013-3 · Unknown · No explicit position statedLAC-2013-4 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2014-1 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2014-2 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2014-3 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-1 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-2 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-3 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-4 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-5 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2015-6 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-1 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-2 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-3 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-4 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-5 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-6 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyLAC-2016-7 · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistencyTotal policy messages: 35
- Ronald F. Guilmette · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages2First activityAug 17, 2016Last activityAug 17, 2016First explicit stanceSupportLatest explicit stanceSupportStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies1
- Alex Ojeda · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activitySep 7, 2015Last activitySep 7, 2015First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies11
- Gianina Pensky · Identity unresolvedDiscussion messages1First activityDec 15, 2015Last activityDec 15, 2015First explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistencyOther policies23
- Discussion messages0First activityUnknownLast activityUnknownFirst explicit stanceUnknownLatest explicit stanceUnknownStance changes0Viewpoint consistencyNo explicit position statedOther policies25
Sources and coverage
Official policy sources
Public discussion archives
- lacnic-politicas
- Earliest captured
- Oct 21, 1999
- Latest captured
- Oct 12, 2026
- Last refresh
- Aug 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 5,625
- Known gaps
- 26
- www.lacnic.net
- lacnic-anuncios
- Earliest captured
- Aug 13, 2026
- Latest captured
- Oct 7, 2026
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 2,171
- Known gaps
- 0
- lacnic-ietf-lac
- Earliest captured
- May 30, 2013
- Latest captured
- Dec 30, 2015
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 1,133
- Known gaps
- 0
- lacnic-infofrida
- Earliest captured
- Aug 14, 2006
- Latest captured
- Sep 13, 2011
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 292
- Known gaps
- 0
- lacnic-iot
- Earliest captured
- Oct 6, 2015
- Latest captured
- Jul 11, 2017
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 373
- Known gaps
- 0
- lacnic-lacnog
- Earliest captured
- Aug 1, 2026
- Latest captured
- Oct 9, 2026
- Last refresh
- Oct 11, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 6,507
- Known gaps
- 3
- lacnic-lactf
- Earliest captured
- Apr 13, 2004
- Latest captured
- Dec 29, 2006
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 2,267
- Known gaps
- 0
- lacnic-seguridad
- Earliest captured
- Jan 26, 2006
- Latest captured
- Dec 28, 2007
- Last refresh
- Oct 13, 2026
- Coverage
- Source coverage is incomplete.
- Loading
- 1,356
- Known gaps
- 0
Coverage
Partial
Earliest captured: Oct 21, 1999
Latest captured: Oct 13, 2026
Freshness
Known gaps
- politicas.lacnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- www.lacnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-politicas: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- www.lacnic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-anuncios: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-ietf-lac: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-infofrida: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-iot: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-lacnog: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-lactf: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
- lacnic-seguridad: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.
