Re: Lightly used IP addresses

[Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net>]

All (and especially Mr. Curran),

Would the policy process be an appropriate venue for a proposition to
change the ARIN mission, restricting it's activities exclusively to
registration services while requiring a reduction in fees and budget?

Best regards, Jeff



On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> On Aug 15, 2010, at 9:20 AM, William Herrin wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > > ARIN fees and budget are a member concern, not a public concern.
> >
> > Oh really? The money ARIN spends managing the public's IP addresses
> > (and how it collects that money and the privileges conferred on the
> > folks from whom it's collected) are not a matter of public concern?
> >
> > I seem to recall that attitude was how ICANN first started to get in to trouble.
> As I said, they are a matter of member concern. To the best of my knowledge,
> ICANN membership is not open. If you care about how ARIN spends its money,
> become a member, speak up, and vote. Membership is open to all and voting
> membership is open to all resource holders.
>
> > > > Unfortunately, the LRSA contains another price which I personally
> > > > consider too high: voluntary termination revokes the IP addresses
> > > > instead of restoring the pre-contract status quo. Without that
> > > > balancing check to the contract, I think a steady creep in what ARIN
> > > > requires of the signatory is inevitable... and the affirmative actions
> > > > ARIN can require the registrant to perform in order to maintain the
> > > > contract are nearly unlimited.
> > > I believe the LRSA limits them primarily to the annual fee payment.
> >
> > Do you now. Unfortunately, the plain language of the LRSA does not
> > respect your belief.
> >
> > ARIN makes only two promises about the application of existing and new
> > ARIN policies to LRSA signatories: "ARIN will take no action to reduce
> > the services provided for Included Number Resources _that are not
> > currently being utilized_ by the Legacy Applicant." (10.b) and "fee
> > shall be $100 per year until the year 2013; no increase per year
> > greater than $25." (6.b)
> >
> > Except for those exclusions, the LRSA includes "the Policies which are
> > hereby incorporated by reference" (15.d). Those policies are "binding
> > upon Legacy Applicant immediately after they are posted on the
> > Website" (7).
> >
> > In other words, if the ARIN board adopts a policy that legacy
> > registrants must install some of their addresses on a router on the
> > moon (or perhaps some requirement that's a little less extreme) then
> > failing to is cause for terminating the contract (14.b). Which revokes
> > the IP addresses (14.e.i).
> I think that is a rather bizarre and extreme construction of excerpts of the
> contract language. More rational construction would lead one to believe
> that the stated intent is to limit ARIN's ability to raise fees and prevent
> the revocation of legacy addresses absent a failure to pay fees.
>
> The policies incorporated by reference are the same policies which affect
> every other address holder, so ARIN would have a hard time requiring
> legacy holders to address devices on the moon without requiring the
> same thing from all other resource holders.
>
> Owen



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