[arin-ppml] ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons -- Request for Feedback

[Martin Hannigan]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM Matthew Cowen <matthew at dgtlfutures.com> wrote:
> > https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F32886
>
> Hi Matthew,
>
> I'm sorry, I see where that document talks about a dozen different
> types of French companies that aren't sole proprietorships but not
> where it talks about sole proprietorships. That whole first section is
> literally the types of companies you can choose which -aren't- sole
> proprietorships and the legal ramifications of each. The phrase,
> "entreprise individuelle," never appears again after the first
> paragraph. If you want me to consider the information, I need it to be
> on-point. Not a general description of the types of businesses
> possible in France.
>
> I note that https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-create-a-sole-proprietorship-france#registration-costs
> says that setting up a "microbusiness" sole proprietorship in France
> is *FREE* while the prior information I found on Martinique in
> particular says it costs 22 Euros so if you have more authoritative
> information than what I found it would be helpful for it to also be
> Martinique-specific.
>
>
> > Martinique *is* France ;)
>
> I get that Martinique's relationship with France is comparable to
> Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States. Puerto Rico has no
> shortage of local laws and regulations which differ from mainland
> practices. A commerce.gov web page would not serve to clarify sole
> proprietorships in Puerto Rico.
>


This seems like a distraction. Feel free to come to Boston and visit
the City Clerk's office to register your DBA and watch what happens.
There's a good chance if there's anything at all questionable the
Clerk themself will come out from the cave and discuss it. This
doesn't appear any materially different than anywhere else and it's
different (and easier) when you are local. My point is are we talking
about corner cases or is there a problem representing a high
percentage of applicants that ARIN is failing -and- does the community
want to do something about it?

- How many applicants have completely failed to obtain resources as a
percentage of those who have succeeded?
- How many are engaged in commercial activities vs. hobbyists?
- What is the non-sunk cost of obligations ARIN would need to fulfill
to allow non government vetted entities to obtain resources?
- What is the public safety risk or registry improvement, if any, of
ARIN vetting vs. government vetting?

Warm regards,

-M<