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<p class=MsoNormal>Fellow members, Mr. Vixie and all involved with this thread:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>As just another member, who claims no special position,
rights or claim on your attention, I do, as a recipient of this thread observe
the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There are those of us (and there are many) who have been
familiar – if from afar – with Paul Vixie’s name, reputation
and abilities for two decades. Mr. Vixie does not know me and owes me nothing.
However, gratuitous savaging of a high profile person such as Paul Vixie in
this manner is tasteless and demeaning both to us as an organization and to
those who participate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Past restraining orders and lawsuits tell me nothing in
relation to matters at hand, and if they do this is not the place where such
information is useful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If there are issues that relate to who should recuse
themselves from voting and the need for rules related to that, great,
let’s have that conversation outside of the heat of name calling.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If there is an issue of improper use of staff, improper use
of ARIN funds for travel, and other such matters, the ARIN board needs to
either conduct an inquiry into the matter or lay out the actual facts related
to complaint in a public place on the ARIN website.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If there is a charge that members of the board are engaged
in illegal or inappropriate activity – then that charge should be made to
the board itself. If the board does not respond, and if the matters do not rise
to the level of illegal, then I suggest that the complaining member should wait
for the coming ARIN meeting in Denver as such issues are properly best
addressed in a business meeting. If the matter is one of legality, take
it to the courts. Arguing here is meaningless in that case.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I learned years ago that not all ARIN members will ever
agree on anything. I do not assume that there isn’t some merit –
somewhere – within the complaint. However, if the purpose of the
posting is to educate and elucidate – it has failed. It looks like
mud-slinging from my vantage point.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If the real reason for the complaint is because of a desire
to protect IP allocation made out of the swamp, (hey I got one of those
allocations for my old company years ago) then this mud-slinging is simply sad
and pitiful<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Mike Lieberman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Net Wright LLC<o:p></o:p></p>
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