[134772] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: arin and ops fora (was Re: AltDB?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Mon Jan 10 18:29:27 2011
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:28:34 -0600
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4CB1420A-386C-4017-8011-ABC0C2F376EA@delong.com>
Cc: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>, NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 1/10/2011 5:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> Members may bring any topic of interest to arin-discuss. The fact that there is more
> traffic on ppml dealing with the NRPM than there is on arin-discuss dealing with other
> issues is a matter of where the members choose to focus their attention more than
> anything else.
>
Would that be the list I've tried to subscribe to multiple times, get an
autoresponder that it has to be approved, and then never hear a word?
> PPML is a forum for the community (not just ARIN members, the entire
> community).
Good to know. I was under the impression that it was member only.
> There is a separate mailing list... arin-discuss which is for members of ARIN to discuss
> any ARIN-related topic of interest to the membership. They can and sometimes do
> discuss operational matters there.
>
Except it's listed as no input from ARIN itself?
> Everything you are asking for in your last paragraph is available. Perhaps what is needed
> is better education of the membership and community on what tools are available and how
> to use them. Were you familiar with arin-discuss prior to this message? If so, in what way
> does it not meet the need you are describing?
>
I can't get subscribed, so, :P
I also haven't seen on the website pointers for where different tools
and resources fall into for community review, comment, suggestion, etc.
Perhaps it's just my website navigation skills. However, as I said
previously, I have no serious complaints. It's not like the AC and CEO
aren't publicly visible and vocal.
Jack
