[arin-ppml] ARIN Advisory Council Thoughts about IPv4 Policies

[Milton L Mueller]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On
> Behalf Of Bill Darte
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:54 PM
> Scott has this exactly right in my view.
> This is about predictability.  If the 'rules' continue to change then
> organizations and individuals will find it hard to plan their course of
> action.  If the change proposed by the community through future policy
> is has great enough value and consensus impact, then fine...otherwise
> stability and the status quo may offer greater value.

I think Scott is right, too, but I don't see the need for a procedural change. 
If people propose poorly thought out, last-minute gyrations in response to impending ipv4 runout then (as he suggests) people need to speak up and say that it's a bad idea. And the general warning that has been provided ought to deter some of those bad ideas. But no need for the AC to alter its basic criteria for advancing policies. Maybe that's not what was intended, but the original announcement sounded like it. 

Milton Mueller
Professor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology
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