Steven Ryerse <[email protected]> writes: > That kind of thinking is why ARIN's policies are so unfair to small > Orgs. When a small Org with no IP resources applies for a small block > and get denied, they not only get shut out of resources but they get > shut out of participating in this Community and voting for AC & Board > posts.
Even if you manage as a small org to get a small block and get voting rights for AC & Board posts, most small organizations can't afford the resources to allocate someone to follow this list and the process, and so are effectively shut out, even when they have the ability to vote. As someone who is part of a small org, with a very small budget, who did manage to get a small block, and work with other small organizations who have nothing more than a /24, I speak from experience and from talking to those other organizations. All of them said they were subscribed to arin-ppml and then the firehose opened, and the list was put in a folder never to be opened again. In fact the only reason I am replying to this message is because my mail filter seems to have failed on how this list was CC'd, so it came to my inbox :) I think that the voting structure needs to be disentangled from the policy wrangling discussions, and a ultra-low volume list is used to send out a call for votes with all the relevant information for voting. I'm sure someone is going to say that this exists already, but if it does, I have no idea. >The deck is stacked against us small guys and this needs to > change. My Prop 2014-18 would have been the first very small step > towards changing that but of course the bigger guys who have resources > and can participate in this community keep the small guys out. My two > cents!! two cents means a lot from us small guys, where every penny counts. micah _______________________________________________ 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.
