[arin-discuss] Legacy Legal Defense Fund and Legacy Registry

[Owen DeLong]

>
> If a separate registry was formed, it seems to me that the funding for
> this registry would be accounted for from within the membership, i.e.
> the legacy address holders participating in the registry.  I can't  
> think
> of a reason why ARIN would be responsible for these costs.  As a  
> Member,
> it concerns me that the legacy holders only pay $100.00 into the
> coffers, although I understand the reasoning.  Having my contributed
> dollars allocated to a registry that I will never use doesn't seem  
> like
> an appropriate use of funds.  Then again, you don't approve of the 50k
> going to NANOG and I do, so to each his own.
>
You are mistaken here... Legacy holders don't pay anything into the  
coffers.

Those who have End-User assignments under RSA pay $100/year
regardless of whether they were previously legacy holders, or, whether
they are ARIN issued direct assignments.

Owen