<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 18, 2025, at 04:04, Mohibul Mahmud <mohibul.mahmud@gmail.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="direction:ltr">
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<div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;width:7.5in"><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Hello All,</div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Thank you for the
thoughtful perspectives shared — I hear strong points on both sides:</div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">• <span style="font-weight:bold">LIR</span> aligns with global terminology and avoids
the vernacular baggage of “ISP.”</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">• <span style="font-weight:bold">ISP</span> is consistent with ARIN’s historic usage
and avoids confusion with structures (like NIRs) that don’t exist in our
region.</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>I think that any potential confusion with NIRs is a bit of a red herring.</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="direction:ltr"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;width:7.5in"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;width:7.5in"><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">To bridge this, I’d
suggest we converge on a practical editorial approach:</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">• Select one
preferred term for the NRPM (ISP or LIR).</div><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">• Add a clear
definition note stating that ISP and LIR are used interchangeably in ARIN
policy.</div><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">This way, ARIN
policy remains globally intelligible while providing clarity to our community.</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="direction:ltr"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;width:7.5in"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:0in;margin-left:0in;width:7.5in"><p style="margin:0in;font-family:Calibri;font-size:11pt"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">Would others support
moving in this direction?</div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Since that’s pretty much what I suggested from the start, just with the strong preference for LIR being the primary choice, yes, I think that’s exactly what we should do.</div><div><br></div><div>I think there’s been general consensus for this and the debate has largely been about which term is preferred.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div></body></html>