On May 26, 2015, at 5:17 PM, William Herrin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Steven Ryerse <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: You know, ARIN was first chartered to help further the Internet. Why is it that many here want ARIN to do the opposite? Because you're mistaken. That's ISOC's charter. For clarity - ARIN was specifically formed to perform the IP addressing functions which were being done prior to that time under the InterNIC cooperative agreement. ARIN’s Articles of Incorporation <https://www.arin.net/about_us/corp_docs/artic_incorp.html#official_html> are extremely broad (as is typical of not-for-profit organizations) and include purposes which could be easily read as "furthering the Internet”. At the time of ARIN’s formation, there were two existing Regional Internet Registries (RIPE NCC, and APNIC), and ARIN’s effectively became the third RIR with its region being “Rest of World”. The reason for regional registries was not intended for policy purposes, but for administrative convenience for those requesting resources (such as local hours and language support) /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
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