On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:27 PM, George Bonser <gbon...@seven.com> wrote: > > The problem as I see it is that ARIN is responsible for issuing number > resources but is not responsible for any maintenance of the number > space. It seems they have no requirement/method/need to revoke > assignments once the assigned entity no longer exists. I am not looking > for perfection but there should be some sort of diligence requirement > that the most obvious of the low hanging fruit (or fruit that falls > right off the tree into their lap) be dealt with in some way. If an > entity liquidates, then their resources should be reclaimed.
Resources being used by actual defunct organizations we will reclaim if reported. > How many entities does ARIN have who have not made a payment for 2 or > more consecutive years but still have resources assigned? It is my > personal opinion that ARIN (and the other registrars) must have the > authority and the mechanism to reclaim community resources when the > entity they were issued to disappears. We already do this type of reclamation. > That seems like a fairly easy > concept. Note I am not talking about misuse here, just the fact that if > a community resource is issued to an entity and that entity no longer > exists, those resources should be reclaimed by the community within some > reasonable amount of time Agreed, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
