ARIN Comments

[Jim Fleming]

I believe that I have made these suggestions before.
Unfortunately, the ARIN mail list archive was fouled
up for a week or so, and it was just recently fixed.
I am not sure everything made it into the record.

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One suggestion that I have made to the National
Science Foundation is to take the $12.6 million
dollar infrastructure fund and divide it 49 ways
to help fund a new registry in each state. In
September of 1998, the InterNIC would be
handed over to the state of Virginia.

The NSF could allocate $250,000 to each state
and the U.S. Senators for the state in conjunction
with the Governor, could help select a company
to clone the InterNIC in that state. The selection
process would be similar to the way the InterNIC
was formed.

Since John Curran and Scott Bradner are both
in the State of Massachusetts, ARIN could be
started there. Maybe ARIN could be used as
a "prototype" by the NSF for other states to
follow ?

Again, I suggest that ARIN also pick up 3
Top Level Domains to help provide a funding
source. The business people behind ARIN
should try to make sure ARIN is able to
survive because customers will seek stability.

A $250,000 grant from the NSF could help
as "seed capital".

Network Solutions, Inc. has evidently made
suggestions to the NSF about what should
be done with the $12.6 million. I would be
interested in seeing those proposals here
and to see how thjey compare and what
other people's comments are...

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Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation

e-mail:
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