Re: ARIN Fraud Reporting Form ... Don't waste your time

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On Oct 1, 2010, at 5:27 PM, George Bonser <gbonser () 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