<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm glad to see a vigorous discussion about 2008-6 on the mailing list.<div><br></div><div>However, since this proposal is in last call, there's a limited set of choices</div><div>for the AC to make about the policy...</div><div><br></div><div>Quoting from the ARIN web site:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 18px; ">The Advisory Council will review the comments collected during the last call period and may: 1) support the proposal as is and recommend that the Board of Trustees adopt, 2) find minor revisions are necessary in which case the Advisory Council or author will redraft and post again to last call, 3) find major revisions are needed in which case the Advisory Council or author will redraft and the proposal will be posted for the next public policy meeting, or 4) find community support to abandon the proposal.</span></blockquote></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">So, I would like to encourage members of the community commenting</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">on this proposal to express clearly which of the above four actions</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">you believe the AC should take.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">I have seen the discussion range through all 4 options and it is not</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">clear to me that there is any level of community consensus around</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">any one of these options.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Thanks,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Owen</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br></span></font></div></body></html>