[128784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lightly used IP addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Mon Aug 16 07:05:25 2010
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:02:58 -0400
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimevJ4pt1i+Vw8UxFowgovOxdcPBSenaZnLY420@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Aug 15, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
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> Would the policy process be an appropriate venue for a proposition to
> change the ARIN mission, restricting it's activities exclusively to
> registration services while requiring a reduction in fees and budget?
Jeffrey -=20
Some historical perspective: ARIN not raised fees to my knowledge,=20
but has actually lowered them 4 or 5 times over its 12 year history.
ARIN's mission is set by the Board of Trustees, and lies within
the purposes of the articles of incorporation of ARIN. I'll note=20
that the articles encompass remarkable breadth, so the setting the=20
mission turns out to be fairly important to keep ARIN focused=20
appropriately. We have added initiatives in the past (e.g. this=20
years extensive education and outreach regarding IPv4/IPv6) based=20
on input received (predominantly at the Public Policy and Members=20
meeting) and can remove them just as easily, but setting mission=20
does not lie per se within the Policy process; it is a Board=20
function to review and update the mission periodically.
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(Two minor notes: if you want an *ongoing* restraint on mission
scope, it would really need be placed by the Board into the Bylaws=20
with an significant hurdle precluding future revision, and should=20
have some specificity, e.g. "exclusively registration services"=20
could easily be read as either including or excluding abuse/fraud
investigation, depending on the particular reader's inclination)
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
