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<div>On Jun 19, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Lee Dilkie wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFCC" text="#000000"><tt>You don't have that right, it was not assigned to you when ARIN was created. ARIN was given the responsibility of maintaining the existing records, but this goes beyond that.</tt></div>
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<div>Lee - </div>
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<div> ARIN was created to give the users of IP numbers (e.g. ISPs) within the </div>
<div> North American region a voice in the policies by which they are _managed_ </div>
<div> and allocated There is no way to provide a voice in policies to those</div>
<div> in the region without potential for that the actual policies for management </div>
<div> of resources in the region to be changed as a result.</div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
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<div>ARIN</div>
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