[arin-ppml] [a-p] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: IPv4Recovery

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

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> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of Cliff
> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 11:23 AM
> To: Jeff Aitken
> Cc: arin ppml
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] [a-p] Revised -- Policy Proposal 
> 2009-4: IPv4Recovery
> 

> 
> I agree.  I have said before that ARIN should be like the 
> automotive title group in the state governmnent (at least 
> like they do it in MD)  Party A wants to sell a car, party B 
> want to buy.  Party A signs over his title to Party B and the 
> state, upon deciding the party A title is valid, issues a new 
> title to party B and collects the appropriate sales tax (ARIN 
> fees)  Let the free market work within the confines of ARIN 
> validating the legitimacy of the two parties claims. (i.e. 
> the numbers were party A's to transfer and party B justified 
> their need per standard ARIN policy)
> 

The problem here is that the automotive title group in the state
government does NOT own the cars that it's titling.  Thus this is
a very flawed analogy.

A more accurate analogy is that ARIN is the owner of a large,
desirable (maybe the rents are cheap) apartment complex with many
apartments.  Apartment dwellers may want very much to "sell"
their apartments when they are moving out to new would-be apartment
dwellers who want to live there, and the would-be apartment
dwellers may be very willing to "buy" them.  But, the dwellers don't
own or have control over the apartments.

Ted