I see the Web page has been updated today..

[Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu]

And a number of things have been changed.  First things
that I noticed were as follows:

1) The fee table for non-ISP's is now just for /19 through /16.
The clause that says '16+ is $10K per /16' is replaced by a simple $10K.
I am unclear on whether this is an upper cap (does a /14 cost $40K or $10K)?

2) The 'self perpetuating board' problem has in fact been (essentially) fixed.
The only "gotcha" is that there are still a few "proposed" and "suggested"
in there.  I expect that they will of course be removed as the full proposal
shapes up, so I don't see any gotcha here.

3) In the 'Frequently Asked Questions', the following appears:

--- begin quote
10. How will the money be spent? This organization would be collecting
many millions of dollars.

    The registration fees are strictly for the operational costs of
ARIN. Among ARIN's responsibilities will be the management of IP
numbers, autonomous system numbers, IN-ADDR.ARPA inverse mapping,
database maintenance and verification of reassignment
information. Operational costs to support these services will include
equipment, connectivity, facilities and personnel.

    The membership fees will pay for facilities for the bi-annual
membership meetings, expenses related to Board of Trustee meetings and
other membership services as suggested by the membership. The Board of
Trustees and Advisory Council are voluntary positions and involve
renumerations.

    The initial estimates show that the cost of all these activities
will be less than 3 million dollars per year.

    Over the last year, the InterNIC allocated IP space directly to
about 300 ISPs - the average size would fit in the medium range or
$5,000. *IF* each one of these ISPs continue to receive address space
from ARIN that would make total revenues from ISPs $1.5M per
year. Because of the policies and procedures, registration services to
ISPs will make up about 80% of all ARIN revenue. If every one of those
ISPs sign up for membership that would be an additional $300K and
another $200K per year for ASNs. Total revenue for ARIN per year is
expected to be less than $3M per year.
---- end quote

All in all, a vast improvement.  The people at ARIN *are* listening ;)

/Valdis (who doesn't see black helicopters, but likes it all to be
spelled out anyhow ;)


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