Comments on ARIN proposal

[Jay Vassos-Libove]

To those responsible for the final design of ARIN -

I am the network manager for a private company with a connection to the
Internet, as well as a user of the Internet/NSF Net/ARPAnet for over a
decade.

Only recently did I become aware of the ARIN proposal.

I strongly favor moving control over both Numbering and Domain Naming in
to the hands of a by-the-network, of-the-network, and for-the-network
non-profit corporation.

However, the fee structure in the ARIN proposal at http://www.arin.net/
disturbs me.  An annual membership fee of $1000 will eliminate most
interested parties except for medium to large businesses (whether or not
they be Internet Service Providers) and "Political Action Committees" (so
to speak).

I fear that this will result in poor representation for the small
entrepeneur, to whom the Internet has heretofore been such a boon, and to
the individual interest party (such as myself) with a historical and/or
personal interest in the welfare of the Internet.

Please consider annual membership fees based on tiers, or classified by
the status (individual, small business, small ISP, medium sized business,
medium sized ISP, etc) of the interested party, to accomodate interested
individuals (such as myself) and small businesses who may be impacted by
ARIN's policies and actions, and maintain a one-member-one-vote policy, so
that money and size do not result in the usual "money has influence"
politics which so far have been avoided on the Internet.

Sincerely
Jay Vassos-Libove
libove at felines.org