past vs future use

[Jeremy Porter]

In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.970628135752.31682c-100000 at inorganic5.fdt.net>, Jon L
ewis writes:
>Same here.  Also, when will the ARIN issues (like fees and membership) be
>ironed out now that ARIN has been "approved".  I still think it's
>ridiculous to not give a membership (at no extra cost) to any entity that
>has paid for an allocation.  
>
>i.e. After FDT pays for an allocation, assuming we can qualify, I think
>FDT should be an ARIN member (at no additional charge) for as long as it
>uses ARIN assigned space.  Does anyone disagree with this?  If so, I'd
>like to know why.
>

ARIN has two functions:  Allocate address to organizations that need them,
and set policy.  You pay for you allocations in such a way that your
fees are designed to recover the cost of the people running the
allocations.  It is not a good thing to require people to be members of
ARIN to receive allocations (within its gegraphic scope.).  The
policy functions of ARIN need to be funded also.  Since we only
want interested parties to particpate in policy making, 
one dollar one vote. You might could argue that the
membership fee is too high, but that is a different story.
A large majority of people out there aren't interested in mucking with policy
as long as things are working.  Thus there is no need for them to
follow the mailling lists, attend meetings, and pay fees.

There has to exist a fundemental separation between membership
and allocation.





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