RE: Waiver of IP and AS Number Transfer Fees

["jnelson" <jnelson () rackspace com>]

The intension is to get the information correct. If company X took over
another company who owned a couple /whatevers, or if a company merely
changed their name and wanted their ASN to represent that, it would cost
$250 to change. Many companies, who aren't in the "we sell IPs
business", don't care if the name matches the IP on IANA or ARIN. So, in
effort to get the databases straight for the impending "conversion",
they've waived the fee. So, it is an opportunity to transfer the lease
(not ownership) of IPs without the additional cost. 

Not sure what the conversion entails, but I know they've recently
changed their godforsaken templates... to newly improved godforsaken
templates.

---DB cleanup is good for all who have to troubleshoot global IP
routing---

j
-----Original Message-----
From: Deepak Jain [mailto:deepak () ai net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 3:22 PM
To: jnelson; nanog () merit edu
Subject: RE: Waiver of IP and AS Number Transfer Fees

> TWiMC:
>
> No doubt most with the responsibility of doing so received this
> statement, but....
>
> OWN 'M IF YOU GOT 'M--clean up the databases
>
> (Unfortunately for me I just paid a $250 on June 27th--lucky me.)
>
> j
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-arin-announce () arin net
[mailto:owner-arin-announce () arin net]
> On Behalf Of Member Services
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 3:59 PM
> To: arin-announce () arin net
> Subject: Waiver of IP and AS Number Transfer Fees
>
>
> At the ARIN IX Member's Meeting there was consensus expressed that
> transfer fees should be waived as a means of encouraging subscribers
to
> participate in database cleanup. The database cleanup effort is a part
> of the database conversion project. There was overwhelming support for
> such a waiver for the remainder of the fiscal year.
>
> During its June 5 meeting the ARIN Board of Trustees approved a
> motion to waive the fees for the transfer of AS Numbers and IP
addresses
> for the period extending from July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
>
> The Board meeting minutes can be viewed at:
>
>       http://www.arin.net/library/minutes/bot/bot06052002.html


Please correct me if I am wrong. This is not allowing the practice of
selling IPs or ASes, but it encourages those of us who have acquired
other
companies to consolidate all the registrations under a single NIC handle
(for example) to reduce the total number of contacts floating out there?

Is my understanding accurate?

Thanks,

DJ