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On Dec 26, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" class="">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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On Dec 26, 2014, at 2:29 PM, Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com" class="">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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We’ve had this question arise in the past with other trade organizations,<br class="">
and have been consistent in its application, whether with regard to address<br class="">
policy for individual sectors of ARIN’s region or individual technologies such<br class="">
as hosting and wireless. Please feel free to share any recommendations<br class="">
from the OIX community that might be germane to address policy, but it is<br class="">
also advisable for those who wish to actually participate in the ARIN policy<br class="">
development process to do so on the PPML mailing list.</blockquote>
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<div class="">Many that are part of the OIX community have already stated their aversion to joining the noise heavy mailing list in order to comment once or twice a year.
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Perfectly understandable, and it is fair to suppose that much of the ongoing </div>
<div>address policy development efforts may not be of direct interest to the OIX </div>
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<div class="">As far as trade association inter communications, do you have a written guidance on this supported by the Board?
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The ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) is adopted by the ARIN Board.</div>
<div><<a href="https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html" class="">https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html</a>> The PDP contains the following</div>
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<div>"Policy discussions in the ARIN region are conducted on the Public Policy Mail List (PPML) and via Public Policy Consultation (PPC). There are no requirements for participation other than adherence to the guidelines of behavior and decorum, and anyone
interested in following the process may subscribe to the PPML or may participate without charge in Public Policy Consultations via in person or remote participation methods.”</div>
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<div class="">It would be good to clarify exactly how trade organizations should provide input to "ARIN" on behalf of their members and if that will not be valid - in writing. It would likely help to make the case to consider participating in other ways where
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<div>Trade associations can expression views via the PPML mailing list or the Public</div>
<div>Policy Consultations (which take place at ARIN and NANOG meetings). These </div>
<div>views are considered on their merits, just as any other position posted to PPML</div>
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<div>In the majority of cases, a well-reasoned statement from a trade association is </div>
<div>rather likely to influence the development of relevant address policy. If this does </div>
<div>not turn out to be the case, then I would again recommend that the individual trade </div>
<div>association members take a moment to express their views on the PPML mailing </div>
<div>list. I do recognize that such participation takes a modest level of effort, but it is a</div>
<div>fair and reasonable request if that input is going to be used as the basis for policy.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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