ARIN Proposal

[Philip J. Nesser II]

Marc Newman supposedly said:
>
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, David A. Dobbs wrote:
> >
> > > 1)      Why are the fees needed?  What has changed or is about to change that
> > > the formation of a new organization is needed?
> >
> >         It costs money to run a registry. What has changed is that NSI
> > has decided that the conflation of domain registry and IP address
> > registry is a bad thing.
> >
> So shouldn't there be a corresponding drop in the cost of domain
> registration since that function will no longer be hosted by NSI and
> their costs will go down accordingly, or is this just another scam to
> skim profits off ISPs?
>
> Marc
>

I don't think anyone will disagree that NSI is "in the black" on DNS
registrations, but I would caution against letting any vehmence about the
DNS costs effects who one evaluates the ARIN proposal.  Since there is
such a large concern over profits, I applaud the efforts to split the
IP registry function off from the DNS registration.  They are seperate
functions and should not be dealt with in the same fashion.

I expect the DNS registration games (and costs) to swing wildly in the next
year as changes are made in the gTLD's and the outcome of the IAHC
deliberations, so trying to link the two is not a prudent move.

I firmly support moving away from a US government funded infrastructure, to
a self sustaining, cost recovery, non-profit model.  I also firmly believe
that the model proposed is a reasonable one, and the costs are not
unreasonable.  I have a few concerns with the first draft of the proposal
which I hope to see in the second draft(non perpetuating BOT, and a
membership category for individuals at a much lower yearly rate).


--->  Phil