I see the Web page has been updated today..

[Kim Hubbard]

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

Sorry, I left the per /16 off in error.  I'll fix it - although this is
an issue the BoT is still reviewing.
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> 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.
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Yes, this is still a proposal.  Once accepted, the "proposed and suggesteds"
will be removed.
> 3) In the 'Frequently Asked Questions', the following appears:
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> 10. How will the money be spent? This organization would be collecting
> many millions of dollars.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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>     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.
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> All in all, a vast improvement.  The people at ARIN *are* listening ;)

And listening, and listening, and listening :-)

Kim

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