On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 11:33 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 10:59 AM, ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > > must > > provide proof that they (1) are an active business entity legally > > operating within the ARIN service region > > Howdy, > > Speaking for myself, this is unacceptable. I am adamantly, totally, > 100% against this, in concept and execution. > > This kind of restriction on international commerce is usually reserved > for national security issues. Foreign interests own ARIN region > infrastructure and do business with ARIN region customers all the > time, without registering themselves with the government. Just as > ARIN-region businesses do in Europe, Asia and elsewhere. Until there's > a need for employees in a country, it's not generally necessary and > often inappropriate to incorporate there. > > I think ARIN should continue to follow the same ordinary business > practice everyone else does when it comes to the legal status of its > registrants: as long as there's a contactable legal existence > somewhere (and it's incumbent on the registrant to prove it) they > should pass muster as an organization capable of requesting resources. > I agree. <snip> > > > I don't say this often, but for all of the reasons above I > respectfully encourage the AC to abandon this proposal. The issues > raised by our law enforcement colleagues are legitimate, but this > approach to solving them is not credible. > I oppose this proposal, but did not make a motion to abandon it, because I think it deserves a hearing from the community in Phoenix. Unless the community thinks this is an important issue that we need policy around, I will support abandoning it after that meeting. -Scott
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