Membership Fee

[Billy Biggs]

Hello,

My only concern at this point regarding the ARIN proposal (while we wait
for Kim, anyways) is why the membership fee has to be so high.  I'm an
individual who is quite interested in IP allocation issues and who would
very much like to use any vote I might get to ensure that allocations are
in the hands of people I feel appropriate.  However, as a high school
geekoid searching for enough cash to get into university, I don't really
have that ability, do I. :)

I would prefer a model whereby ARIN membership could be expanded to
include those hobbyists who care about abstract number assignments.
While we aren't the ones likely to be multi-homed, the thought of an
organization this powerful solely in the hands of the companies who want
provider independant space doesn't sound appealing to me.

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Billy Biggs
ae687 at freenet.carleton.ca