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<P><FONT SIZE=2>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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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....<BR>
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Bill Darte<BR>
ARIN AC<BR>
Washington University in St. Louis<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net on behalf of G.Hiscott<BR>
Sent: Fri 11/2/2007 1:14 PM<BR>
To: arin-discuss@arin.net<BR>
Subject: Re: [arin-discuss] ARIN Travel<BR>
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I agree with Dean Anderson regarding his point about ARIN travel.<BR>
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It often, in my opinion, seems pointless and as much could be<BR>
accomplished with teleconferencing or videoconferencing.<BR>
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We are supposed to be an example of the new way of communicating yet<BR>
ARIN is still motivating people to fly to far off places and spend<BR>
resources above and beyond what is needed to confer.<BR>
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The outreach is a joke, in my opinion. They don't need to sell or<BR>
peddle address space. Every college kid receiving a diploma today knows<BR>
about the net and can find out how to get address space quite easily<BR>
through Google.<BR>
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Regarding the rebuttal: It strengthens ARIN<BR>
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How does it strengthen ARIN? ARIN is a form of a monopoly. It has a<BR>
charge to administrate address space. Nobody can compete. Everybody<BR>
who wants to participate can participate. It is established.<BR>
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What do you mean by the word "Strengthen" - Does that mean it will help<BR>
arin to get members converted to IPV6 faster ? Will it reduce their<BR>
costs in some way ? Will it help them with a breakthrough development<BR>
in administrating address space? Yeah, right.<BR>
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GJH<BR>
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