[30873] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN Policy on IP-based Web Hosting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J. Scott Marcus)
Thu Aug 31 23:10:21 2000
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Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 21:37:16 -0400
To: Daniel Senie <dts@senie.com>, <dan@netrail.net>
From: "J. Scott Marcus" <smarcus@genuity.com>
Cc: <ppml@arin.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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At 19:29 08/31/2000 -0400, dan@netrail.net wrote:
>On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Daniel Senie wrote:
>
>> dan@netrail.net wrote:
>> >
>> > In a democratic process, which ARIN is, refusal to participate in the
>> > voting process, when eligible, usually removes one's standing to
complain.
>>
>> Cough up your $500 as an individual and you can buy a vote. Sounds
>> democratic...
>
>The vast majority of the participants here work for ARIN member companies.
>They get a vote. It's democratic...
Yup. :-) Furthermore, this measure was discussed (and other issues of
interest to folks on the NANOG list are routinely discussed) at ARIN Public
Policy meetings, which are _not_ restricted to ARIN members. The next one
is in Washington, DC, which is convenient to many of you. (See
http://www.arin.net/announcements/memmeet.html) Show up! Be heard!
Furthermore, ARIN pays a great deal of attention to its public policy
e-mail list, as was previously noted. That list is also open to the
general public. Sign up at http://www.arin.net/members/mailing.htm !
There are a number of opportunities and mechanisms to democratically
influence ARIN policies. It exists to serve its members and the Internet
community. I for one would welcome seeing the broader community take more
advantage of those mechanisms.
Cheers,
- Scott (speaking only for himself)
