[11531] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: What's an ISP again...?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Wed Apr 6 02:55:15 1994
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 94 0:18:43 EDT
From: Ittai Hershman <ittai@ans.net>
To: Simon Poole <poole@magnolia.eunet.ch>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 5 Apr 1994 08:26:21 +0200 (MET DST)
> Simon,
>
> Could you help me understand how EUnet is structured and governed? I
> have been wondering how EUnet qualified all the many national EUnet
> organizations under a single $10,000 membership in the CIX Association?
You should check the minutes of one of the last members assembly
meetings, there this was discussed and decided. But at least a
couple of the arguments are/were (as far as I know):
Where would I find these minutes? I am very interested in reading them.
- EUnet is substantially older than the CIX (so there is no question
of it being a device to circumvent CIX membership requirements).
Really. Well, ANSNet is older than the CIX and the NSFNET program is
substantially older that the CIX as well, so by your reasoning I guess
we can all feel comforted that we have not tried to circumvent CIX
membership requirements.
- seperate incorporation of national organisations in the countries
we cover was and is a legal necessity.
- that we do not have a normal corporate structure is a quirk of
history and not design.
I see. So you rationalize that the rules should be bent for EUnet. I
have no problem with that, if this is administered equitably for
similiar situations and properly documented. It would be interesting
to understand the rationale for permiting EUnet that which is the CIX
Association has not permitted to the NSFNET Regionals...
But as I've pointed out before, I don't think you really would
want to force EUnet to acquire 30 odd CIX votes (and use
them). There is no doubt that we would and could negotiate
seperate agreements with all interesting CIX member
networks. Membership of EUnet in CIX has always been more in
support of the ideas behind the CIX, than business necessity.
In the 5 months we have been CIX members I have yet to see any
activity, so why should 30 more members scare me? To the contrary, I
would rather the CIX get the additional $300K in membership dues to
initiate programs which would increase its value as a trade association.
-Ittai
