From owen at delong.com  Thu May 15 13:17:09 2014
From: owen at delong.com (Owen DeLong)
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 10:17:09 -0700
Subject: [arin-discuss] [arin-announce] Status Quo for ARIN-Discuss
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John,

I would advocate for question 1 that membership should be granted to any resource holder that pays fees to ARIN. I think this is likely what you intended by the phrasing below, but the way it is worded is ambiguous and could mean open to any organization that chooses to fork over a membership fee.

I have no input for question 2 at this time.

Owen

On May 15, 2014, at 9:00 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> After considering the input received during the recent community consultation on the subscription eligibility and appropriate topics to raise on the ARIN Discuss mailing list, we have decided not to make any changes to the list at this time.
> 
> The ARIN-Discuss mailing list will remain open to employees of ARIN member organizations, ARIN Board of Trustees, and ARIN Advisory Council members. RIR Staff members may observe but not actively participate in discussions. It will continue to be used as forum for the ARIN member community to discuss ARIN-specific issues such as fee structures and internal policies.
> 
> Further study will be given to two questions raised during the consultation:
> 
>    1. Should membership (and therefore the list) be open to any interested organization that pays fees to ARIN?
>    2. What is the appropriate forum to engage the Internet community in the ARIN region on the topic of Internet governance?
> 
> ARIN will engage with the community on these questions at a later date.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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