[arin-ppml] AC candidates

[Fernando Frediani]

The very existence of PPML is a block and problem for IP brokers to 
freely do business due to the restrictions policies developed here 
impact their ability to do whatever their wish to fit to their customer 
needs.
Last time I saw a IP broker representative speaking to an audience he 
said with no shame that it was necessary to remove necessity to justify 
for the resources in order to do a transfers. Does anyone really 
believes that such person seating on the AC would be able to balance 
community interests and his pay checker interests ?

In some way the greedy to freely trade with IP resources lead to a sad 
and going history of fraud and dismount of an organization like AfriNic 
and guess what ? AfriNic was just trying to impose the current policy 
developed by the community when it all started.

So when someone say they bring a lot of experience I kind of agree, but 
experience that they have learned in order to push their own business 
ahead despite any community interest involved, nothing else.

Of course I am not willing throw stones on these actors and I know and 
have a good relationship with some that are serious and are really 
interested in facilitating transfers, but in general I am not naive to 
see very much good intentions towards the community interests from them 
to this and other Policy Development Forums.

Therefore yes, any person affiliated to IP broker should be seen as a 
high conflict of interest.

Fernando

On 26/10/2023 13:15, William Herrin wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 8:42 AM Adam Thompson<athompson at merlin.mb.ca>  wrote:
>> I don't agree that an IP broker *inherently* has a problematic
>> conflict of interest with ARIN, any more than every ARIN
>> member on the AC has some degree of inherent conflict of interest.
> Hi Adam,
>
> The IP broker's core business directly overlaps with the registry's
> function. -Of course- there's a substantial conflict of interest.
>
> Many folks deeply versed in the issues relevant to ARIN will have jobs
> that offer some conflict of interest. They represent their companies
> before ARIN. But the broker's or "leaser's" is the most substantial of
> all -- it's their *core* business.
>
> That doesn't necessarily mean they should be rejected as candidates.
> After all, they bring a wealth of relevant experience. But at an
> absolute minimum, their conflict of interest statement should
> demonstrate a clear understanding of their situation. Someone who
> doesn't understand the character of his or her conflict of interest
> has no place on the board.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
>
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