[arin-ppml] Microsoft receives court approval for transfer asagreed with ARIN

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> The main point of the annual fee is to ensure that there is annual contact and to preserve the validity of a contractual relationship between the resource holder and ARIN.
>
> As such, I believe such a move would be contrary to public interest.
>
> Owen
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 30, 2011, at 15:27, "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> In the "Be careful what you wish for" category...
>>
>> In message <BANLkTinPFQP6PnLB-usBJX6sXZjpv=OzQw at mail.gmail.com>,
>> Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon at blacklotus.net> wrote:
>>
>>> - Would resource holders support a model that allowed ARIN to take a
>>> small commission on resource sales and then discontinue the practice
>>> of charging an annual fee to its members who are not buying and
>>> selling resources.
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that you had intended to
>> say "sales tax" rather than "commission".
>>
>> The word "commission" usualy implies a significantly active role in
>> mating willing sellers with willing buyers.
>>
>> I rather doubt that anyone would like to see ARIN become like a Real
>> Estate Agency.  Some, including myself, would probably not mind however
>> if ARIN were to evolve into a sort-of "market maker"... *not* in the
>> Goldman Sachs model (i.e. where they may sometimes be covertly taking
>> a position adverse to those of their own clients) but rather more along
>> the lines of the NYSE or CBO.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> rfg
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Owen,

Could the annual fee be something like $100/yr versus $1250 and up?

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