[arin-ppml] Policy Proposal 2008-4 - Staff Assessment

[Michael K. Smith]

>> 
>> Non-continental ARIN participants?
>> 
> 
> Doesn't _that_ include somebody in ....
>   Hawaii, 
>   Prince Edward Island,
>   Nova Scotia, 
>   Catalina Island,
>   Chincoteague Island,
>   Florida Keys, 
>   Puerto Rico, 
>   U.S. virgin Islands,
>   Governor's Island,
>   etc.
> 
> <*evil* grin>
> 
Foiled again, but you could actually make an argument for the Keys.  :)

> 
> There are only four viable ways to make a policy like this:
>   1) explicitly list all the geopolitical divisions that are to be covered
>      by the policy
>   2) explicitly list all the geopolitical divisions that are *NOT* to be
>      covered by the policy
>   3) provide a sufficiently precise/detailed 'rule' to identify the desired
>      areas of coverage.
>   4) give staff "discretion' to make exceptions "as they deem appropriate".
> 
> 
> I favor "codification" (i.e. 'in the NPRM') of the 4th option -- with some
> language describing the 'intent' of the policy, for non-binding guidance.

Can a visual representation suffice? (seriously, I don't know what the legal
ramifications are).  So, if you are in a "blue" region as shown on a map,
you qualify.  If you're in the red, you don't.

Mike