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<div>On Apr 16, 2025, at 6:02 PM, Paul E McNary <pmcnary@cameron.net> wrote:</div>
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<div>Originally <br>
12 years ago when I tried to get ARIN resources, I was greatly harmed by this.<br>
In Missouri at that time a Sole Proprietor did not have to register with the Secretary of State.<br>
ARIN would not issue resources unless they could verify you with Secretary of State database.<br>
We had a State Sales Tax and Employment Tax ID for 20 years, but that wasn't good enough.<br>
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<div>To be certain there’s a clear understanding of the problem that resulted from the organization requirement – are you saying that you were unable to register a DBA name with Missouri Secretary of State in 2013? There is a 7$ fee associated with such registration
(every 5 years) but from all appearances it is otherwise a rather nominal process, so if there is/was some other barrier it would be good to explain it so that folks understand the scope of the problem that you experienced when trying to do so. </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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