[ppml] Last Call Petition Vote request on Policy Proposal 2003-9 (Whois Acceptalble Use)

[Member Services]

The ARIN Advisory Council's intent to abandon policy proposal
2003-9: WHOIS Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) was made in an announcement
to the Public Policy Mailing List on May 20, 2004.  The author has
initiated a last call petition. The deadline for issuing statements
of support for this last call petition is 23:59 EST on Friday, June
11, 2004.

The following three paragraphs are taken directly from the ARIN
Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process and explain the process
of a last call petition.

"In order for a "last call petition" to be considered successful, it
must receive statements of support from at least ten different people
who are from separate organizations. People who wish to document their
support for the last call petition must do the following: 1) post a
response to the Public Policy Mailing List stating their support for
the proposal as is and 2) send email to petition at arin.net with full
point of contact information, including their telephone number and
organizational affiliation. The ARIN President will verify whether
people from at least ten different organizations support the last
call petitioned policy proposal as is. 

If the "last call petition" fails to receive the required support
within ten days, the determination of the Advisory Council will
stand and the policy proposal will be abandoned. 

If the "last call petition" receives the required support, an
announcement will be made to the Public Policy Mailing List and the
proposal will be forwarded directly to the Board of Trustees for
final determination."

The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process is located here:

   http://www.arin.net/policy/ipep.html

The full text of Policy Proposal 2003-9: WHOIS Acceptable Use
Policy (AUP) is located here:

   http://www.arin.net/policy/2003_9.html

Best Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)