[125101] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN IP6 policy for those with legacy IP4 Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Thu Apr 8 19:56:20 2010
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: joe mcguckin <joe@via.net>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 19:55:46 -0400
In-Reply-To: <612B4477-10B0-4B95-8B03-02ACE59DDA76@via.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Apr 8, 2010, at 2:29 PM, joe mcguckin wrote:
> I think the more interesting discussion is: =20
> - Where is ARIN and the RIR's headed?=20
> - What will ARIN look like 10 years from now?
Joe -=20
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Excellent questions... The direction with respect to ARIN is that
the Board has spent significant time considering this issue and=20
the guidance provided to date is that ARIN is to focus on its core=20
mission of providing allocation and registration services, and
be supportive of other related organizations (e.g. NANOG, ICANN,
ISOC) which perform related functions in the community. This=20
approach has reduced the risk of mission creep (at least as far
as I can tell... :-)
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From a practical matter, it also means that we need to consider=20
a future for ARIN which provides a core address registry function,=20
modest IPv4 updates and modest IPv6 new allocation activity, and=20
likely a very stable policy framework. This vision of the future=20
is highly compatible with automation, and ARIN is indeed working=20
aggressively in this area with ARIN Online. I do think that=20
automation plus a reduction in activity will result in a modest
reduction in overall costs, but the costs associated with having
an open community-based organization aren't necessarily changing:
- If you have the community to elect AC and Board members, then
you have a membership/election function (which implies specific=20
costs in the organization). =20
- If you have the community set policy via an open policy process,=20
then you have a policy process, policy proposal administration,=20
and public policy meetings (which again implies more costs to=20
the organization, roughly proportional to the policy activity). =20
- If you participate in the global policy process (coordinating=20
with other RIR's, ICANN, and now the ITU), then there is yet=20
another set of costs to be covered by the organization.
I'm committed to keeping the costs reasonable and proper for=20
the mission, but its the community that needs to think about
that mission and what they want ARIN (and the RIR community=20
as a whole) to be doing 10+ years from now... Input can be
provided in many forms, including on the mailing lists,=20
in-person and remotely in the Public Policy Meeting, via the
various consultations that ARIN does with respect to services
and fees, and directly via running for the ARIN Board in the=20
annual election process. =20
Thank you for raising this topic!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
