<div dir="ltr">I am opposed to the overly vague "majority". I support organizations getting space needs for customers or infrastructure within the ARIN region from ARIN, regardless of where most of their operations are.<div>
<br></div><div style>There is some validity to the question of using those numbers for customers or infrastructure elsewhere, but I believe that that train left the station about a decade ago, and I think that attempting to cure it now for this reason is not appropriate.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:56 AM, John Curran <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Jun 25, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Eric Brunner-Williams <<a href="mailto:ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net">ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> John,<br>
><br>
> A request from an agency of government other than the original<br>
> delegating agency may not take priority over the practice of the<br>
> original delegating agency, continued through delegation to another<br>
> entity.<br>
<br>
</div>It certainly can be considered as valid input, not withstanding any<br>
prior relationship, when it is the policy of that government (USG<br>
in this case) to participate in ARIN's policy development process -<br>
<br>
"The USG participates in the development of and is supportive<br>
of the policies, processes, and procedures agreed upon by the<br>
Internet technical community through ARIN."<br>
<br>
"United States Government’s Internet Protocol Numbering Principles"<br>
<<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2012/united-states-government-s-internet-protocol-numbering-principles" target="_blank">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2012/united-states-government-s-internet-protocol-numbering-principles</a>><br>
<div class="im"><br>
Please evaluate the proposed policy change on the basis of the arguments<br>
presented.<br>
<br>
</div>Thanks!<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb">/John<br>
<br>
John Curran<br>
President and CEO<br>
ARIN<br>
<br>
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