Global council of registries???

Jim Fleming supposedly said:
> 
> On Monday, April 28, 1997 4:03 PM, Philip J. Nesser II[SMTP:pjnesser at MARTIGNY.AI.MIT.EDU] wrote:
> <snip>
> @ 
> @ > The same people are behind ARIN. Why will
> @ > the solutions be any different ?
> @ > 
> @ 
> @ ARIN is being spun off to be run by the members.  I suppose from your
> @ statements you believe there will be some behind the scenes control that
> @ isn't obvious so things can't change.  I disagree.
> @ 
> 
> The ATTEMPTED creation of ARIN has already been
> a "behind the scenes" activity. Very little of the real
> facts have been aired in public.
> 

I believe that the creating of ARIN has followed a reasonable and open
path.  As open as say the cretion of the eDNS.  Public mailing lists were
used, a web site created, the proposal presented and revised based on
public comment.  You can point to the initial discussions as to whether it
might or might not be a good idea and say "see that was done behind closed
doors" but it doesn't make sense to open the process of deciding on whether
to try and create ARIN.  As soon as the people currently doing the job
though ARIn was the way to go it was thrown wide open.

> Why do you think the day to day operation will be different ?
> 

For the reasons stated above.


--->  Phil