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
> 
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