Re: arin representation

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On Mar 24, 2014, at 12:20 PM, "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund () medline com> wrote:
> Exactly right John.  I think the term "owned" is a problem here.
>
> It seems to me that the terms would correctly be "holder" or who the address space was issued to or "user" being the 
> end user using that space.

We use address holder to recognize the party with the rights to the address block.

> Wouldn't all of the holders be ARIN members unless grandfathered in?

If you are an ISP who has an ARIN-issued allocation, you are a 
member.  If you have an end-user assignment or legacy block,
you can be a member, but it is not automatic.

FYI,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN