[arin-ppml] Advisory Council Meeting Results - March 2011

[Martin Hannigan]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Chris Grundemann
<cgrundemann at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:07, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>> WRT reluctance on the part of the buyer... beggars can't be choosers.
>> There are only so many addresses which will be on the market at any
>> given time. Addresses that aren't under contract may end up selling
>> for less than addresses under contract but they'll still sell. The
>> recipient can use the addresses as soon as I sign a letter of
>> authorization. It's not a big deal if the completed transfer paperwork
>> takes a little while as ARIN validates my claim.
>
> The primary concern that I have heard raised (and did not catch myself
> on initial thoughts) is not the time that ARIN paperwork might take
> but rather that the outcome may not be what the recipient was
> promised.
>
> A scenario for illustration:
> Org B needs addresses.
> Org A tells Org B that they have addresses.
> Orgs A and B come to an agreement on price, etc.
> Org A writes an LoA for Org B to begin using the addresses.
> Org A files an LRSA with ARIN.
> ARIN finds that Org A is not authorized to hold nor transfer the
> addresses in question.
> Org B now has a number of problems...
>  - wasted time
>  - wasted money
>  - using addresses that they must return
>  - etc...
>
> I am not trying to argue one way or the other, just pointing out the
> piece of this that eluded me at first in case others missed it as
> well.


This is a fairly complex issue, but making it easy for people to do
business and be compliant at the same time should be a priority.



Best,

-M<