Kevin, I pulled the Mission Statement info from ARIN’s web site and this is
what it says:
Former Mission 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.
Current Mission Statement:
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.
Both of them reference advancement of the Internet. Your brief description
below sounds like what you want to do would advance the Internet in some small
way. That said, why do you automatically argue against and deny yourself the
possibility of getting the /24 you desire – just because you don’t meet some
arbitrary needs test that the powers that be in this community have codified
for whatever reasons in the current policy.
I believe strongly that you and anyone else like you should have just as much
right to get that /24 as anyone else. That is why I proposed ARIN 2014-18 which
eliminates needs tests on a /24 once per year. Of course ARIN would still
charge their fee on that and you would have to decide to pay each year you keep
it.
This notion that only larger organizations should be able to justify an
allocation is NOT what was intended when ARIN was formed and somehow this
community and ARIN has gotten so far off track from ARINs mission, that folks
like you have been convinced that what they would do with an allocation doesn’t
advance the Internet - and therefore are not entitled to participate in
advancing the Internet going forward.
Somewhere in the ARIN region today - there is someone who wants to be the next
Steve Jobs of the Internet – but he or she can’t get their /24 because of some
dopey policy. How did we come from Jon Postel all the way to this?
We can begin the process of fixing this situation by members of this community
supporting 2014-18 and some of the other current policy proposals that attempt
to loosen up allocations for smaller organizations. If you want to help
advance the Internet it is the proper thing to do.
Steven Ryerse
President
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Kevin Kargel
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 11:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [arin-ppml] reverse COE statement
I should point out that the strength of my convictions on the discussion of
needs assessment impacts me negatively on a personal level. I am in a position
where I would love to get a /24 for my own use, personally and business.
Unfortunately I would not pass the needs requirement. I could present about 40
IP addresses that are currently NATed, with some small future growth
projection. That would not – in my understanding – pass muster for an
allocation under the current rules. I will in the near future be changing
locations and providers for that network and a portable IP block would be most
handy.
I honestly do not believe that eliminating needs tests would be good for
society.
If needs tests were eliminated all that would be left in my way would be the
money hurdle, which presents a relatively low bar to vault.
Don’t get me wrong, if needs tests are eliminated over my objections I will be
at the front of the line with my application. I see nothing wrong with
legitimately leveraging the system that exists.
I know it would be trivial as a network operator to game the system for a /24,
I just don’t want to do it that way.
[Kevin_Kargel]
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