[arin-ppml] 2009-1 comment

[Milton L Mueller]

Sorry, John, I see that my message left the impression that I thought there was something wrong with the language in 2009-1 authorizing transfers. There isn't. It's a bit more precise than 2008-6. My concern is with reopening the issue, when it seems that some folks clearly have the intent of re-opening the whole transfers issue. 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran at istaff.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:01 PM
> To: Milton L Mueller
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] 2009-1 comment
> 
> On May 28, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> >
> > After re-reviewing 2009-1 and 2008-6, it's pretty clear 
> that there's  
> > nothing wrong with 2008-6 and that 2009-1 was far more 
> controversial  
> > and non-consensual. 2008-6 opens the door for the kind of 
> transfers  
> > that adhere to the traditional "need" criteria while giving those  
> > with unneeded resources an incentive to release them. that's all  
> > that needs to be done at this point. RIPE has already done it, and  
> > the sky hasn't fallen. I support moving on with it, and 
> would oppose  
> > any effort to reopen the issue until and unless the passed policy  
> > has actually been implemented long enough to assess its results.
> 
> Milton -
> 
>    Could you express those aspects of 2009-1 that you object to?
> 
> /John
> 
> 
>