[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-172 Additional definition for NRPM Section 2 - Legacy Resources

[Milton L Mueller]

This issue will be settled in the courts, if you choose to contest it. Where, once again, community consensus will not be a factor.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Curran [mailto:jcurran at arin.net]
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 11:15 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> 
> > We don't need to debate whether consensus exists or not.
> > When it comes to legacy resources, community consensus is irrelevant. A
> company without a contract has no legal or any other kind of obligation to
> ARIN consensus processes.
> 
> Milton -
> 
>    You are incorrect.  ARIN has to manage and allocate the number resources
>    in the region (including legacy addresses) based on policies developed
>    by the community.  It is an essential part of why ARIN was founded[1].
>