<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 9, 2026, at 10:49, Leif Sawyer via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For clarification - RIPE uses “member of” in its definition of LIR. The thought was to try and bridge between multiple RIR definitions, and clearly show how LIRs are downstream of RIRs and nominally provide
equivalent functionality whether or not they provide network connectivity services. Fortunately, it’s a work in progress.
</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>In RIPE, all LIRs are members. This is not necessarily the case with some ARIN legacy LIRs that aren’t subject to an RSA. <div><br></div><div>In RIPE, non-contract resource holders are not considered LIRs. </div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I do agree that “at a local level” is somewhat problematic when looking only from the geographic center. But “local” can mean to a single company diaspora as well – it’s just not *<b>clear</b>* from context
that it’s intended to read that way. </span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>Do you believe that the phrase (if clarified somehow) adds meaning or value to the policy? Personally, I think it is superfluous and merely deleting those words is the best course of action here. </div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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