On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 14:41 Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > Martin, > > You appear to be making the assertion that hobbyists are not legitimate > users of internet number resources. > > I simply disagree. > > Owen
Not entirely deliberately. Thats more complex and out of scope for this proposal. > > > > > On Jul 16, 2025, at 06:40, Martin Hannigan <hanni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > >> > >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM Matthew Cowen <matt...@dgtlfutures.com> > wrote: > >>> https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F32886 > >> > >> Hi Matthew, > >> > >> I'm sorry, I see where that document talks about a dozen different > >> types of French companies that aren't sole proprietorships but not > >> where it talks about sole proprietorships. That whole first section is > >> literally the types of companies you can choose which -aren't- sole > >> proprietorships and the legal ramifications of each. The phrase, > >> "entreprise individuelle," never appears again after the first > >> paragraph. If you want me to consider the information, I need it to be > >> on-point. Not a general description of the types of businesses > >> possible in France. > >> > >> I note that > https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-create-a-sole-proprietorship-france#registration-costs > >> says that setting up a "microbusiness" sole proprietorship in France > >> is *FREE* while the prior information I found on Martinique in > >> particular says it costs 22 Euros so if you have more authoritative > >> information than what I found it would be helpful for it to also be > >> Martinique-specific. > >> > >> > >>> Martinique *is* France ;) > >> > >> I get that Martinique's relationship with France is comparable to > >> Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States. Puerto Rico has no > >> shortage of local laws and regulations which differ from mainland > >> practices. A commerce.gov web page would not serve to clarify sole > >> proprietorships in Puerto Rico. > >> > > > > > > This seems like a distraction. Feel free to come to Boston and visit > > the City Clerk's office to register your DBA and watch what happens. > > There's a good chance if there's anything at all questionable the > > Clerk themself will come out from the cave and discuss it. This > > doesn't appear any materially different than anywhere else and it's > > different (and easier) when you are local. My point is are we talking > > about corner cases or is there a problem representing a high > > percentage of applicants that ARIN is failing -and- does the community > > want to do something about it? > > > > - How many applicants have completely failed to obtain resources as a > > percentage of those who have succeeded? > > - How many are engaged in commercial activities vs. hobbyists? > > - What is the non-sunk cost of obligations ARIN would need to fulfill > > to allow non government vetted entities to obtain resources? > > - What is the public safety risk or registry improvement, if any, of > > ARIN vetting vs. government vetting? > > > > Warm regards, > > > > -M< > > _______________________________________________ > > ARIN-PPML > > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). > > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > > Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues. > >
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