<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Rudolph - </div><div> </div><div> Michael Dillon's response is right on target: ARIN is more than willing to </div><div>consider proposals for structuring the management of registry services that </div><div>make sense for any geography, and this can follow what happened in the </div><div>APNIC and RIPE regions or can be a fully new region such as the creation </div><div>of LACNIC & AfriNIC from ARIN some years ago. ARIN has done significant </div><div>outreach in the Caribbean region with this message but the most important </div><div>point is that the determination be led by the actual users of numbering </div><div>resources (e.g. ISPs, businesses, non-profits, educational organizations) in </div><div>the region and not imposed by arbitrary third-party organization from above.</div><div><br></div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>John Curran</div><div>President and CEO</div><div>ARIN</div><div><div><br></div><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><a href="mailto:michael.dillon@bt.com">michael.dillon@bt.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">February 26, 2010 11:09:31 AM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net">arin-ppml@arin.net</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><b>Re: [arin-ppml] RIPE/ITU</b><br></span></div><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite">Although I am indeed thankful to the ITU for keeping us poor <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and under privileged developing countries well stocked in <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">IPv6 numbers, I would much prefer that ARIN consider <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">structural modifications to allow for sub regional registries <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">under present structure<br></blockquote><br>You might want to look into APNIC's NIR model which is exactly<br>that, and then make a formal proposal. I wouldn't expect you<br>to simply copy APNIC, but in making a proposal, I think you<br>should understand the alternatives. Also, I believe RIPE has<br>done something similar for the Russia and the ex-USSR countries,<br>partly because of the economic gap and partly because of legal<br>restrictions on signing contracts with foreign organizations.<br><br>This is a good idea, and as a side effect, if you get all<br>the Caribbean networking people talking around the same<br>table on a regular basis, you will be able to react faster<br>and in a more coordinated fashion when disaster strikes.<br>Like the next hurricane, and the one after that...<br><br>I don't see any connection between what you are suggesting<br>and the ITU's activities, and it is probably best if ARIN<br>considers your sub-registry proposal on its own merits.<br><br>--Michael Dillon<br><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>