Opposed -- Jace A. Taylor General Manager / C.O.O. Reynolds Telephone Co.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 7:14 PM Chris Woodfield <[email protected]> wrote: > If you didn’t notice, my initial contribution to this subthread concluded > with the sentence below: > > "If you are an operator, ISP, or content provider who would benefit from > this, I would recommend that you speak up in order to keep this proposal > alive. “ > > I think that is exactly the definition of encouraging discussion. You’re > free to disagree with my assessment, but you and I are not the scorekeepers > here. > > -C > > > On Sep 21, 2021, at 5:03 PM, Mike Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It's been hours, Chris, and shouldn't you be encouraging discussion > rather than the opposite? > > > > > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 20:01:29 -0400 Chris Woodfield < > [email protected]> wrote ---- > > > > Given there was a proposal published last week that was withdrawn within > hours by its author*, I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all to start > keeping score WRT the level of community support on this one. And while the > definition of “strong support” is intentionally subjective, my four years > serving on the ARIN AC have informed my opinion that the current AC looks > for, at minimum, a lack of opposition from other segments of the community > on a proposal that appears to have the support of only one. A proposal > supported by the representatives of one segment, and by appearances so far, > strongly opposed by virtually everyone else, tend to have a rather short > lifetime on the AC docket. > > > > -C > > > > * Technically the author doesn’t withdraw a proposal, as it’s in the > AC’s hands once published. But in general, I would expect the AC to honor a > proposal author’s request to abandon it. > > > > On Sep 21, 2021, at 3:48 PM, Mike Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Chris, > > > > Not sure how experienced you are with this, but this proposal has only > been out for a few hours and any talk about "keeping it alive" is a tad > early. > > > > Also, you might brush up on the concept of ad hominem. It means against > the person(s). It could be only brokers who support a policy and if there > are no valid objections, that support should carry the day. > > > > Now, do you have any objections that you would care to share, other than > your original one (which I think Owen dispensed with)? > > > > Regards, > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > ---- On Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:37:43 -0400 Chris Woodfield < > [email protected]> wrote ---- > > > > > > > > > On Sep 21, 2021, at 2:47 PM, Mike Burns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Noah, > > > > > > Thanks for your thoughts, my replies are inline. > > > > > > “Transfers are generally a prerogative of brokers who don't > necessarily provide any form of network services. It does make sense for a > broker to defend this model.” > > > > > > Noah that is a meaningless ad hominem, every transfer has a recipient. > > > > > > > You are not incorrect here - it takes two to tango, so to speak. And > brokers are an important segment of the ARIN community, to the extent that > representatives of IP brokers have been elected to the ARIN AC. > > > > That said, one of the requirements for a Draft Policy to move forward to > an RDP is, per section 4.3:, "Changes to policy must be shown to have a > strong level of support in the community in order to be adopted.” Reading > the replies to this thread so far, the only community members that have > voiced support for this proposal have been representatives of IP brokers. > Correct me if I’ve missed any, but I see zero statements of support so far > from members of any other segment of the ARIN community. > > > > I would be very surprised if the AC would advance to RDP a policy > proposal that has support of only one segment of the community, and as far > as I can tell, universal opposition from those who are not in that segment. > If you are an operator, ISP, or content provider who would benefit from > this, I would recommend that you speak up in order to keep this proposal > alive. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -Chris > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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: > > > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > > > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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