[arin-ppml] 2011-1 dissent Was: Re: ARIN-2011-1: ARINInter-RIRTransfers - Last Call

[Owen DeLong]

On Oct 25, 2011, at 5:25 PM, William Herrin wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 25, 2011, at 3:35 PM, William Herrin wrote:
>>> I can't bend on the idea that we'll let other regions set their own,
>>> LESS-stringent-than-ARIN rules for consuming ARIN addresses while we
>>> continue to apply more restrictive rules to identical registrants here
>>> at home. That is beyond careless stewardship. If I may borrow your
>>> turn of phrase, it violates a fundamental expectation of any fair and
>>> equitable industry self-regulation.
>> 
>> Can you back up this claim with any form of evidence or fact?
> 
> "Under the proposed policy text, it does not matter if the other RIRs
> requirements are more or less strict than ARIN's" -- John Curran,
> 10/20/2011 explaining ARIN's interpretation of the 2011-1 text.
> 

That is not the same as claiming that other RIRs have a less restrictive
policy. Can you back that claim up specifically. I do not believe it currently
holds true.

Owen