[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-136 Services Opt-out Allowed forUnaffiliated Address Blocks

[George Bonser]

> Behalf Of Benson Schliesser
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:52 AM
> To: Keith W. Hare
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-136 Services Opt-out Allowed
> forUnaffiliated Address Blocks
> 
> Hi, Keith.
> 
> On Feb 23, 2011, at 10:29 PM, Keith W. Hare wrote:
> 
> > I am opposed to prop-136.
> >
> > Prop-136 is dancing around the edges of the real question of whether
> the ARIN community wants to give up on participant-driven policies and
> needs-based resource allocations in favor of money-based allocations
> and for-profit corporate policies.
> 
> I don't think prop-136 dances around the issue: it deals with it
> directly, for legacy holders in the ARIN region, by allowing them to
> opt-out of ARIN regulation.
> 

What clear and compelling problem is this attempting to solve? This
seems like a solution in search of a problem that could likely create
more problems than it solves.