Reject the NAIPR

[Paul Ferguson]

At 05:45 PM 1/18/97 PST, Randy Bush wrote:

>Paraphrasing from what I said to a friend a few minutes ago.
>
>The NSI/IANA/ARIN probably have the power to just do the damn thing and
>public opinion be damned.  Yet Kim et al. are busting their buns for
>little but flamage (most religious or clueless and hence useless) to get
>public input, think about what people want and how that plays off against
>the realities of running a registry (about which they do have some small
>experience), and try to create the best possible solution for the internet
>in which we all live.
>
>It would help everybody, and make a better end result for the internet, if
>we kind of assumed that the people busting their buns trying to get this
>out of the old NSF/NSI cradle have good intent and are somewhat competent.
>

Knowing each of these 'conspirators' quite well, and the historical
context, I strongly concur.

- paul