Registries differences

On Tuesday, April 29, 1997 12:14 PM, Michael Dillon[SMTP:michael at MEMRA.COM] wrote:
@ On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Jim Fleming wrote:
@ 
@ > Why aren't any small companies represented ?
@ 
@ Randy Bush's company isn't that big. In fact Network Solutions really
@ isn't that big of a company. Of course the real answer to this question is
@ that small companies are represented in the membership of ARIN and small
@ companies will therefore be electing the ARIN Advisory Council.
@ 
@ > Why is it always the same people ?
@ 
@ Raymundo Vega is a new name to most people on this list. And I don't think
@ most people other than the larger network operators would have heard of
@ John Curran either. But again, the real answer is "same people as what?".
@ These people are reasonably well-known within the community of network
@ operators which is as it should be, because the network operators are the
@ ones who use IP addresses and who will make up the membership of ARIN. 
@ Note that "network operators" includes the people who run corporate and
@ educational networks as well as ISPs.
@ 
@ > Why can't ARIN be built from the grass roots ?
@ 
@ I've been working with various people for the past two years trying to
@ build up an ISP trade association from the grassroots. Let's just say that
@ building a grassroots organization is like growing grass in the Sahara
@ desert. It's not easy, often seems to be impossible, and once the first
@ results start to show themselves it greatly enhances the surroundings.
@ But that's no way to deal with important infrastructure activities.
@ This is why ARIN starts from a base of people who are well-known and
@ trusted within the community of network operators at the center and then
@ builds outwards by making it possible for all network operators to join
@ and participate in ARIN.
@ 
@ Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
@ Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-250-546-3049
@ http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael at memra.com
@ 
@ 
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Did you miss these ?

Will the people from NSI/SAIC be resigning from that
company to start ARIN ?

Will NSI/SAIC still be funding ARIN ?

What will the financial ties be ?

What is the relationship of ARIN to Bechtel and Genuity ?

Here is one more ?

Why don't the people that want to launch
ARIN just do it ? What is the hold up ?

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Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
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