<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<div><br></div><div>Sorry for the slow response ($dayjob intervention).</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 18, 2013, at 5:07 PM, CJ Aronson <<a href="mailto:cja@daydream.com">cja@daydream.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Someone help me here.<div>I am not sure this would qualify as a "global policy" in terms of the ASO MOU. </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The reason I asked was it seems a bit presumptuous to me for ARIN alone to define the "Principles and Goals of the Internet Registry System". If it is intended this policy only apply to ARIN, then the title should probably be "Principles and Goals of ARIN" or some such.</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">The document is here <a href="http://archive.icann.org/en/aso/aso-mou-29oct04.htm">http://archive.icann.org/en/aso/aso-mou-29oct04.htm</a> I have always been told that an global policy is distinctly one that regulates the interaction between ICANN/IANA and the RIRs. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes. The last comment in the document would seem to suggest the desire is for IANA to incorporate the principles of this policy into its operation. </div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"> Like policies for giving out blocks of address space or ASNs by the IANA, etc. </div></blockquote><div><br></div>My reading of the #5 of the ASO MOU doesn't suggest a limitation to giving out blocks.<br><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>