John, I believe its a norm to expect paid staff to be neutral with respect to all proposals as many consensus bodies do. ICANN would be a good reference. Feel free to object.
Best, -M< > On Sep 11, 2015, at 20:26, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sep 11, 2015, at 6:33 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For those that are wondering if this is a real problem… >> >> I quote from a recent ARIN response to a resource transfer preapproval >> request: >> >> In accordance with section 2.2 of the NRPM, ARIN issues number resources >> for use within its region. Please confirm the requested number resources >> will be routed within the ARIN region. >> >> If one takes this language literally, then the scenario where you have >> servers in USVI that you are addressing, but your anchor routes are held in >> upstream routers in Brazil and Uruguay would actually potentially preclude >> you from getting addresses from ARIN. >> >> This policy is, in fact, necessary to constrain ARIN staff and provide a >> clear mechanism by which ARIN region entities can obtain addresses through >> ARIN for their network, regardless of how far the footprint of their network >> extends. >> >> We all know that geography != topology. Further, the arbitrary lines drawn >> on a map with passport control stations sprinkled on either side mean very >> little to bits flowing through fiber. There are no border guards on the >> fiber networks, or if there are, they are generally not national border >> guards anyway. >> >> As such, unless you believe this policy causes actual harm, I urge you to >> support it. > > Owen - > > While I have no view on the relative merits of the referenced draft policy, I > believe your > description of ARIN’s present policy implementation in this area is > essentially correct > (and aligns with what was communicated in the ARIN 31 Policy Experience > Report - > https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_31/PDF/monday/nobile_policy.pdf) > > Thanks! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
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