[170495] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN board accountability to network operators (was: RE:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Karrenberg)
Fri Mar 28 04:11:34 2014
In-Reply-To: <m2d2h7gwn5.wl%randy@psg.com>
From: Daniel Karrenberg <daniel.karrenberg@ripe.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:10:50 +0100
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: David Huberman <David.Huberman@microsoft.com>,
John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>,
North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> On 27.03.2014, at 22:27, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:
>=20
> ...and this is aside from daniel's global measurement empire. not sure it=
> is a registry's job to do this, but it is a serious contribution to the
> internet. ...
there is the 'measurement analysis and tools' working group http://www.ripe=
.net/ripe/groups/wg/mat guiding this work, and it even has an 'out-of-area' c=
o-chair to emphasize the *globalness* of our empire ;-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
seriously: the ripe ncc was not conceived as a "registry" but as an associat=
ion of operators where they can organise common activities that require neut=
rality, expertise and common funding. so whether it is a 'registry job' is i=
rrelevant in our context as long as the community agrees it is useful and th=
e membership of the association agrees to fund it with their fees. the huge o=
verlap between community at large and paying membership keeps this consisten=
t.=20
daniel=20
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