[ppml] AC Initial Review: Purpose and scope of ARIN Whois directory

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This message contains the ARIN Advisory Council's finding regarding the
initial 10-day review of proposed policy, "Purpose and scope of ARIN
Whois directory".

During the initial review period the AC has to decide whether a proposed
policy merits further discussion or if it should be closed.  The AC has
three options, the AC can: 
  1)  support moving the proposed policy (as is) forward in the
evaluation process.
  2)  reach an agreement with the author to work together on the
proposed policy and to move it forward in the evaluation process. 
  3)  decide not to support moving the proposed policy forward in the
evaluation process.

Policies that are moved forward in the evaluation process are formally
numbered, posted online for discussion, and presented at ARIN's Public
Policy Meeting.

In the event that the Advisory Council and the author can not reach an
agreement, or that the Advisory Council decides not to support the
proposed policy, then the author may elect to use the petition process
to advance their proposal.  The following is a link to the ARIN Internet
Resource Policy Evaluation Process; for petition details please refer to
the section called "Petition Process":
http://www.arin.net/policy/ipep.html

Concerning the proposed policy, Purpose and scope of ARIN Whois directory
by Michael Dillon, which was posted to PPML on 2/19/2004, the AC does
not support moving the proposed policy forward in the evaluation
process.  

The following quoted text is presented on the behalf of the ARIN AC:
"It was the consensus of the Advisory Council that the need for this
policy was not clear, as ARIN procedures already require whois data to
be accurate. Furthermore, it seems that extending the whois directory
to arbitrary organizations and requiring verification by the staff
may expose ARIN to additional risks if inaccurate information is
published anyway."

As mentioned above the author may elect to use the petition process.  The
deadline for initiating a petition per the ARIN Internet Resource Policy
Evaluation Process is 40 days prior to the meeting; the petition deadline
for this meeting cycle is March 10, 2004.  If the author chooses not to
petition or the petition is unsuccessful then the proposed policy is
closed.  If a petition is successful, then the policy proposal will be
numbered and posted prior to the 30 day deadline for the upcoming
meeting.

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