past vs future use

[Jeff Williams]

Jeremy,

Jeremy Porter wrote:
> 
> 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.

  Good point here.  What is the amount of these fees, and are there
any qualifications?  Is this posted?  If so Where?  ARIN's site maybe?
I will check.  Please advise if you know the answers to any of these
questions.

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

  I can see the advantages of seperating membership and those with
allocations.  There is a reb here that I think Jon was trying to get
to.  That being that if you have already paid for allocations, it would
seem that there could be a vested intrest in how policy is set by those
whom have paid for allocations.  The "Money where your mouth is" sort of
thing.  Maybe it would be of intrest to charge an additional nominal fee
for those who have allocations for the membership in addition to
their allocation fees as an option?
> 
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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