[arin-discuss] Legacy RSA

[John Curran]

At 4:15 PM -0500 11/7/07, Dean Anderson wrote:
>The second issue is "Was there proper justification for giving $50,000
>to NANOG?"  This issue depends on 2 questions:
>      1	Was something of like value received in return?
>      2	Were there conflicts of interest?
>...
>Did this $50,000 gift to NANOG benefit the ARIN membership in advancing the purposes of ARIN by
>$50,000?  No. It didn't.

Dean -
 
   The ARIN contribution to NANOG pays for the audio/video
   recording of the NANOG meetings and real-time distribution
   which allows for community remote participation (and one
   hopes an improved awareness of operational matters such
   as real-world routing table issues, etc.)   There are three
   meetings annually, and both staff and equipment costs to
   be covered to make this happen.

   This was moved in the 10 Jan 2004 Board meeting and
   passed with Mr. Woodcock abstaining.  Mr. Vixie was not
   a member of the ARIN Board at that time.  Minutes of
   all the ARIN Board meetings are available online at
   <http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/bot/>

   I'd like to thank you for your concern on this matter,
   but do not believe that there is an actual issue to be
   addressed.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
Chair, ARIN Board of Trustees