[ppml] Policy Proposal: Authentication of Legacy Resources

[John Curran]

At 7:26 PM -0700 7/9/07, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>Of course, if you know of a way to fulfill the same function as ARIN
>for no money, you will have everyone signing up in a heartbeat.

One little nit:  fulfill the same *functions* as ARIN - Records and
updates and in-addr and new assignments&allocations&transfers
are just a tiny bit of the job, as you also need to have the open
process, public meetings, interface with other RIR's/ICANN/IANA,
response to law enforcement, handling contracts, running fair and
open elections, supporting the ASO, and coordinate dozens of
policy proposals actions...

Oh year, this year you might also want to do some outreach to the
community regarding IPv6, since in a few years the community will
otherwise be rather surprised.

It's not free (even with all of the volunteer efforts of the AC, Board,
ASO AC, and numerous PPML folks!) but it sure beats the alternative...

/John