[arin-ppml] About needs basis in 8.3 transfers

[Owen DeLong]

On Jun 4, 2014, at 6:26 PM, David Miller <dmiller at tiggee.com> wrote:

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> On 6/4/2014 9:10 PM, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
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>> On 6/4/14, 5:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>>> It is, however, equally obvious that a sizable portion of the
>>> community, not merely myself, does not want to eliminate the needs test. 
>> 
>> For the extremely limited version of "the community" which consists of
>> "see existing policy" and "see the handful of people who participate on
>> the PPML". Despite all the fee collection that has been spent on
>> outreach, there's still just not that much representation.
> 
> Which viewpoint gets to "claim" those who chose not to make their
> opinions known?

I would say neither as a general rule. However, there is a valid argument for the concept of acquiescence by estoppel (silence is consent) which would argue that those who oppose current policy would be more likely to speak up.

Owen