Suggestions

[Raymundo Vega Aguilar]

> On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Stephen Satchell wrote:
> 
> > 1.  Proposed budget, capitalization, funding model, cash flow
> 
> Some elements of this are in the proposal at the website and in the
> archives of this list there is a strawman budget that Stephen Satchell
> posted. It's at least something to use as a basis for discussion.
> 
> > 2.  Proposed location(s)
> 
> I think there is no good reason to move ARIN outside of Fairfax county
> in Norther Virginia. First, it simplifies transferring the Internic IP
> allocation function intact, people and all. And second, this region is
> becoming the Internet industry's Silicon Valley and in the event that 
> key people decide to move on to other jobs, it will be easier to find
> qualified employees to replace them.
> 

if there is no need to move it, then .....

> > 3.  Alternatives using existing not-for-profits with Registry and 
Internet
> > experience
> 
> I don't know of any existing non-profits that have this experience except
> the RIPE NCC and APNIC. There are other groups with related experience
> such as Merit, however none of them have made any public offers to host
> ARIN. And even if there was a group that could handle this, it seems to me
> that an essential element of the ARIN transition is to place this function
> into the hands of an independent industry group.
> 

i think it is not wise to put arin in any other place but its own, it
will increase costs, but it also avoids the sense of ownership that
the host org. may have.

> > 4.  Bylaws (strawman would be fine)
> 
> Again, there is a skeleton of this on the website that could be used as
> the basis for discussion. In fact, this is one area where the discussions
> on the list led to some substantive changes in the proposal. But more
> detailled suggestions would be a nice thing to see here.
> 
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raymundo