[arin-ppml] Draft Policy 2011-7 Compliance Requirement

[John Curran]

On May 29, 2011, at 1:26 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> 
>> To strike the word "materially" from this policy, as the most recent
>> revision of this proposal does, will radically alter its effect by
>> forcing ARIN staff to do evil and/or stupid things.  If the current
>> wording is legally challenging, I would suggest that it is a better
>> course of action to find a more defensible wording rather than to
>> abandon the idea of letting smart people do smart things.
>> 
> Yes, this is a very bad change, IMHO.
> 
> I don't believe that the word materially is a problem and Steve Ryan
> didn't have a problem with it in the original section 12.

Agreed.  There is no problem with having the word "materially" in the policy, 
and maintaining it in the section provides clearer guidance to ARIN staff and 
hence is much preferred.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN