[arin-ppml] Revised -- Policy Proposal 2009-4: IPv4 Recovery Fund

[Kevin Kargel]

> 
> David Farmer wrote:
> > Are you saying that pricing should be completely opaque?
> >
> > I think I agree that pricing shouldn't be completely transparent, that
> is revealing who paid how much for what, that is probably not a good idea.
> >
> > But I think a completely opaque system is a bad idea too;  I think what
> is proposed is fairly close to what is needed.
> >
> > I think a Max, Min, and Average of successful bids for a period like a
> month is minimally needed to at least exposes what the competitive range
> of successful biding is.
> >
> > Each bidder wants to minimize or maximize in a particular transaction
> depending on the role they are playing.  But I think the community overall
> wants/needs some assurance that the system is fair and functioning
> properly.  Some minimal transparency is probably the best way to allow the
> community to evaluate how the system is functioning or not.
> >
> 
> I think that, regardless of the exact mechanism of transfers or bidding,
> ARIN should operate a voluntary listing service, as is done in the real
> estate industry.  Sure, you can buy and sell property outside that
> system if you have a good reason, but the vast majority of buyers and
> sellers (at least in arms-length transactions) choose to use the listing
> service because it will provide them the best price.  And, after a bit
> of data accumulates, we will _all_ have a much better idea of the fair
> market value of various size blocks, and there will be even less
> incentive to go outside the listing system.

Under no circumstances should a "buyer" be able to look up an available
block and equate it to a "seller" ..  this is nothing more than peer-to-peer
sales.

Leave it so that the "buyer" tenders and offer to ARIN and receives an offer
if and when a block becomes available.

Historical data should be available.  If any future data is available it
should be sterilized and aggregated.


> 
> S
> 
> --
> Stephen Sprunk         "God does not play dice."  --Albert Einstein
> CCIE #3723         "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
> K5SSS        dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking

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