[arin-ppml] Petition Underway - Policy Proposal 95: CustomerConfidentiality - Time Sensitive

[michael.dillon at bt.com]

> The AC was elected first and foremost to be shepherds of the 
> bottom-up public-originated policy development process. 

Uhhh... the bylaws say this:

Function. The Advisory Council shall act in an advisory capacity to the
Board of Trustees on matters as the Board of Trustees may, from time to
time, request involving Internet numbering resource policies and related
matters. The President of ARIN shall be the primary point of contact
between the Advisory Council and the Board of Trustees. 

> Welcome to corruption 101. It starts with a conflict of 
> interest and a sense of entitlement born of expertise and 
> honest, earnest work. From there it's one short slide after 
> another down the long and slippery slope.

Uhh... Wikipedia has this to say about this classical informal fallacy:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope>

--Michael Dillon

P.S. ARIN is what it is, not what you or anyone else imagine it to be.