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<div>On Jun 4, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Steven Ryerse <<a href="mailto:SRyerse@eclipse-networks.com">SRyerse@eclipse-networks.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; ">Of course we could ask everyone in the ARIN community to comment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">And before anyone says that they could comment if they wish, I don’t see anywhere in my Legacy paperwork that says I(they) have to participate in this community to be
a stakeholder. This community needs to be open minded and not closed minded - and it needs to take into consideration all ARIN stakeholders and not just the ones that decide to comment. </span></div>
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<div>Steven - </div>
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<div> The "ARIN community" is actually very, very large; it could be considered all </div>
<div> potentially affected parties, which transcends simply number resource holders</div>
<div> in this region, and by definition it is impossible to proactively poll all of them </div>
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<div> All welcome to participate, and we have done extensive outreach at conferences </div>
<div> (such Interop, CES, Usenix, Comdex, Gartner, etc.) and via hundreds of articles </div>
<div> and interviews in trade publications over the years. </div>
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<div> While we are very open, there is indeed a threshold for having ones views heard, </div>
<div> and that is actual participation in the policy process. Each time draft policy is </div>
<div> published, that _is_ an invitation for all interested parties to comment; no party</div>
<div> or interest has a unique privilege of being polled for their views on a given draft</div>
<div> policy.</div>
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<div>FYI,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>ARIN</div>
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