Adminstrative Contact

[Linda]

Good Morning,

I do not have a problem with the admin contact being displayed in the whois
database.  We do not currently use role accounts for any of our POC's as we
are a smaller company with few individuals that submit information.  What
would be the benefit if ARIN were to completely remove the admin contact from
the database?  Would ARIN staff then be responsible for anyone inquiring
information on an ADMIN contact?  I do not see the benefit of this.

Regards,
Linda Werner

ginny listman wrote:

> During the recent Member Meeting there was much discussion about
> displaying the various POCs in WHOIS. There was strong sentiment against
> displaying the adminstrative contacts. Much of this was due to the fact
> that ARIN is strongly encouraging that the admin be a real person, with a
> personal email address (versus role accounts). There was also some debate
> on whether or not to display the technical contacts, which may or may not
> be a role.
>
> Does limiting the display of the POCs that are responsible for the
> resource go against the spirit of RFC 2050?  It reads, "Registration:
> Provision of a public registry documenting address space allocation and
> assignment. This is necessary to ensure uniqueness and to provide
> information for Internet trouble shooting at all levels."
>
> The proposed design of WHOIS will only display the administrative contact
> for an org query.  In other words, when querying an AS number or network,
> the admin is not displayed. The data would be stored in WHOIS, but you
> would need to know to look to the org to get it.  Is this the model that
> we should be implementing, or completely remove the admin so that only
> ARIN staff can display it internally?
>
> Once we know the direction of the admin POC, I will pose questions
> regarding the technical contact.
>
> Ginny Listman
> Director of Engineering
> ARIN