<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:33 AM, William Herrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:59 AM, ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> must<br>
> provide proof that they (1) are an active business entity legally<br>
> operating within the ARIN service region<br>
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</div>Howdy,<br>
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Speaking for myself, this is unacceptable. I am adamantly, totally,<br>
100% against this, in concept and execution.<br>
<br>
This kind of restriction on international commerce is usually reserved<br>
for national security issues. Foreign interests own ARIN region<br>
infrastructure and do business with ARIN region customers all the<br>
time, without registering themselves with the government. Just as<br>
ARIN-region businesses do in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Until there's<br>
a need for employees in a country, it's not generally necessary and<br>
often inappropriate to incorporate there.<br>
<br>
I think ARIN should continue to follow the same ordinary business<br>
practice everyone else does when it comes to the legal status of its<br>
registrants: as long as there's a contactable legal existence<br>
somewhere (and it's incumbent on the registrant to prove it) they<br>
should pass muster as an organization capable of requesting resources.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I agree.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I don't say this often, but for all of the reasons above I<br>
respectfully encourage the AC to abandon this proposal. The issues<br>
raised by our law enforcement colleagues are legitimate, but this<br>
approach to solving them is not credible.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I oppose this proposal, but did not make a motion to abandon it, because I think it deserves a hearing from the community in Phoenix. Unless the community thinks this is an important issue that we need policy around, I will support abandoning it after that meeting.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div></div></div>