[144738] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Sat Sep 17 17:34:16 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 21:32:38 +0000
In-Reply-To: <m2aaa2c18c.wl%randy@psg.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 17, 2011, at 5:23 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>> Randy - If you wish to propose an alternative which accomplishes the
>> mission in a different manner, feel free to do so. The community has
>> every opportunity and right to accomplish unique Internet number
>> administration as it sees fit.
>=20
> rick adams was right. this could be done very minimally with some
> software and maybe six to ten folk to back it up. =20
I actually agree with you that it could be done with less people,=20
if you want to do away with the policies altogether and the biannual=20
meetings discussing the same, the need for elections for an ARIN AC
and meetings, the coordination with the other RIRs and ICANN, and=20
the engagement with organizations such as ISOC, IGF, and ITU. We=20
will be talking about the costs of running ARIN on the last day of=20
the ARIN meeting in Philly in case you want more details on the cost
side of the equation and the value delivered.
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
