All this /12, /14, /19, /24, etc?

>From:  David R. Conrad[SMTP:davidc at APNIC.NET]
>Sent:  Wednesday, January 15, 1997 4:49 AM
>
>>I agree - there's absolutely *no* reason why competent ISPs should pay
>>any portion of expenses incurred as a result of helping the clueless.
>
>Sigh.  Shared fate, cooperation, culture of the Internet, etc.  "This
>is not your father's Internet".
>
>As I mentioned, the path chosen by APNIC was decided after significant
>discussion and it was felt that a flat fee would balance out in the end
>(e.g., an organization would cost more than they paid when they started,
>but would in the end recover those costs after they gained clues).
>
>However, given the ability for the membership to modify the funding plan, if
>ISPs in NA do not feel such an approach is appropriate, the funding mechanism
>can change.  That's pretty much the point -- the people who are affected by
>the operation of the registry decide how the registry will operate.

Giving the membership some authority in the articles/bylaws would go a long way t eliminating a lot of (otherwise pointless) controversy..
--
Jim Browning