[ppml] New ARIN Sub-region Policy Proposal (Rural-America)

[John Brown]

Dillon,

you are missing the point.

the rant about how to process a policy is moot and
not the issue.  stop distracting away from the
core issue here and start working on the real issue(s).

i think am quite aware of how ARIN works, and doesn't
work.


On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 05:19:04PM +0100, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:
> >If this is not the time or day for the argument to provide portable space 
> 
> >for low population areas based upon the availability of connection 
> >resources, I fail to see how this can become the time or day to reduce 
> the 
> >allocation requirement based upon availability of connection resources.
> 
> Let me explain the timing. Policies proposals cannot
> be voted on at an ARIN member meeting unless they
> have been submitted to ARIN 6 weeks prior to the meeting.
> The rural proposal missed that deadline, therefore
> this is not really the time to discuss the details
> of the proposal. In fact, I don't believe it was
> even submitted to ARIN formally so it will not even
> get handled at the following member meeting unless 
> that is rectified.
> 
> Before submitting a proposal about rural 
> connectivity needs, we really do need some
> more discussion of the issue to deal with the
> potential objections that will arise if a policy
> is formally proposed. The policy BOF at the next
> meeting might be a good place to begin this. After
> the meeting is over, this list might be a good
> place to continue the discussion. The end result
> could be that there is a well-crafted policy
> proposal up for voting at the first ARIN meeting
> next year.
> 
> But right now, it is better if the list focuses
> on the proposals listed here 
> http://www.arin.net/policy/proposal_archive.html
> because that's what we will be voting on in
> two weeks or so.
> 
> --Michael Dillon
> 
>