[arin-ppml] ARIN-2019-7: Elimination of the Waiting List (was:Re: Looking for final show of support on revised Advisory Council Recommendation Regarding NRPM 4.1.8. Unmet Requests

[Mueller, Milton L]

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> This legal assessment seems to speak against auction of 
> revoked and recovered resources.

Actually, it doesn't. It raises a highly speculative possibility that in some future world, someone in a revocation case MIGHT argue that ARIN has a financial incentive to recover the resources, and that that argument MIGHT affect the outcome, and that it might affect it in a way that is bad. The legal assessment provides no reason to conclude that this speculative possibility outweighs the clear benefits of efficient disposition of the resources. The legal assessment does not explain why the financial incentive behind nonpayment of fees is different from the financial incentive of auction proceeds. The assessment doesn’t entertain the possibility that a financial incentive to ensure compliance might be a good thing. 

I've been on the AC and watched a number of legal assessments come up with really weak reasons for not passing a policy. This is one of them. 

Dr. Milton L Mueller
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Public Policy