[arin-discuss] Team Cymru

[John Curran]

At 11:20 AM +0000 3/28/08, <michael.dillon at bt.com> wrote:
>Just pointing out that Team Cymru exist and continue to provide
>services related to IP addresses that IANA and the RIRs do not
>provide, even though they could. There seems to be tacit agreement
>that because Team Cymru does a good job and is trusted, the RIRs
>don't try to usurp their work.

Personal opinion only. 

I don't believe that there's any "tacit agreement" between ARIN
and Team Cymru, but the community may (wisely) understand
that any organization that tries to be everything will likely not
excel at anything.

If the community were to direct ARIN to produce similar services,
I expect ARIN would endeavor do so, but thankfully Team Cymru's
already doing an awesome job, and there seems to be plenty for
ARIN to do in delivering great IP registration services...

As much as the ARIN often asks "what additional services does the
community need?", it's equally important to always ask: "And _must_
these services be offered by ARIN?" (unless we're willing to face an
inevitable case of mission creep).

/John