[arin-discuss] ARIN Travel

The fact that you are part of a large organization explains your viewpoint.


I am from a small organization.  It is a big deal for me to send 
somebody to any of these meetings.  I much prefer to using technology to 
aid in participation than to the way ARIN does it now.

ARIN and the members should not ignore the above.  Notice how the folks 
from large orgs. tend to like the status quo and people who are part of 
smaller organizations tend to not like it.  Did ya notice that ??

I think ARIN should be working on the SPAM problem.  Hunt down the 
egregious spammers and disable their blocks.  Collaborate with the other 
number managers to reach to anywhere the problem is.

Publish or collect online course ware for how the numbering system works.

IP address space is like gasoline.  If you need it then you know that 
you need it and you can find out how to get it.  It is not rocket 
science nor should it be required curriculum at university.

ARIN should work to reduce costs so that the membership costs and 
related fees are lower.

They don't need to fly around the service area to meet with other the 
membership.  This is wasteful.

GJH



Bill Darte wrote:
> If ARIN were to restrict its outreach through telconf meetings there 
> would be howl about catering to only techies and those with such 
> resources.  ARIN travels about the service area precisely so that many 
> can attend who cannot fly off to expensive places.
> 
> Outreach is not a joke...it's hard to gain mindshare of all those who 
> need let alone those who should know of the v4 and v6 issues.  If you 
> have more suggestions on how to actually reach and inform more 
> audiences, your input is welcome.
> 
> I teach at a premier university and while you're right, students know of 
> the internet and use it, but its remarkable how little they know  of how 
> it works...even when the subject being taught involves these 
> protocols..and those are graduate students and technologists from 
> prestigious companies....
> 
> Bill Darte
> ARIN AC
> Washington University in St. Louis
>