There was a notice sent out several months ago about the mission statement change. This was an action of the BoT. I remember receiving the notice. I don't remember which list(s) I received it on, but most likely arin-announce and/or arin-discuss.
Owen Sent from my iPad On Jul 16, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Steven Ryerse <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that's interesting. Last August I included a copy of the ARIN Mission > Statement that I cut and pasted from ARINs web site into one of my comments > to this community. This was the statement: > > “Applying the principles of stewardship, ARIN, a nonprofit corporation, > allocates Internet Protocol resources; develops consensus-based policies; and > facilitates the advancement of the Internet through information and > educational outreach.” > > I looked at ARINs web site today since the Mission Statement below didn't > look like what I remembered and lo and behold - the Mission Statement has > changed. David is correct that it says: > > "ARIN, a nonprofit member-based organization, supports the operation of the > Internet through the management of Internet number resources throughout its > service region; coordinates the development of policies by the community for > the management of Internet Protocol number resources; and advances the > Internet through informational outreach." > > It would have been nice if ARIN had let this community know of the change. > The way I read the new Mission Statement it has changed a lot and I think the > entire mission has changed. It doesn't even say that ARIN is supposed to > Allocate Internet Resources anymore. Isn't this community supposed to have > input to ARIN for as significant a change as a Mission Statement change? > > I wonder why it changed? > > Steven L Ryerse > President > 100 Ashford Center North, Suite 110, Atlanta, GA 30338 > 770.656.1460 - Cell > 770.399.9099 - Office > 770.392-0076 - Fax > > ℠ Eclipse Networks, Inc. > Conquering Complex Networks℠ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Farmer [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 7:08 PM > To: Steven Ryerse > Cc: Matthew Wilder; Chris Grundemann; [email protected]; David Farmer > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2013-4: RIR Principles - revised > > On 7/15/13 17:53 , Steven Ryerse wrote: >> So I infer from your comments that this community doesn't have to help >> create policies that align with ARIN's stated mission. Wow! So following >> that logic to the extreme then would it be OK for this community to create a >> policy that no more allocations of any kind will be made? I think not! So >> then is it OK for this community to create policies that's primary goal is >> to partially stop allocations? Using the exact same logic as I used above - >> I think not. I do think it is OK for this community to help create policies >> that right size allocations and I think that is covered in the Mission >> Statement. >> >> I humbly submit that ignorance of ARINs Mission Statement is the underlying >> problem why I think policy making in this community has gone off track. > > No policies have to align with the mission statement, or if they are far > enough out of line with the mission statement the Board wouldn't approve a > policy. However, the mission statement isn't as clear cut as you seem to > think it is. > > ARIN, a nonprofit member-based organization, supports the operation > of the Internet through the management of Internet number resources > throughout its service region; coordinates the development of > policies by the community for the management of Internet Protocol > number resources; and advances the Internet through informational > outreach. > > The above mission statement allow a wide variety of things, the > interpretation of which of those are good or bad is mostly up to the > community. And I don't see how any of the proposed Principles in > ARIN-2013-4 conflict with the mission statement. > > > -- > ================================================ > David Farmer Email: [email protected] > Office of Information Technology > University of Minnesota > 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 1-612-626-0815 > Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 1-612-812-9952 > ================================================ > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
