[74099] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Upcoming NANOG & ARIN Meetings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Tue Sep 14 13:49:26 2004
From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:47:26 -1000
To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>>> Can someone shed some light for me on the ARIN meetings? I
>>> guess I want to know if it worth attending?
>>
>> wanna watch sausage being made? but the arin sausage factory
>> has become far less scary than apnic's or ripe's, by a long
>> shot.
>
> In either case, the ARIN process is generally pretty open. They
> have always been receptive to member input and, although it does
> have a slight resemblance to the legislative process, it's a lot
> closer to Pavetti Meats (local sausage maker in the town I grew
> up in) than to Oscar Mayer.
>
> I have always found the meet interesting and worth attending, but
> I'll take the aroma of good Italian sausage if I have to make a
> choice. :-)
indeed. my intent was to characterize the process and to
compliment it. arin has come a loooong way; much credit to ray
plzak.
process at the intersection of policy and technology is difficult.
openness is important, but so is prudent engineering. arin has
found a far better balance than some other notable rirs.
randy
