I agree with Ronald’s comments here. It is a disservice to the community to cite abuse in previous waiting list requests and not publicize said abuse for scrutiny.
Best Regards, Robert Clarke CubeMotion LLC [email protected] M: +1 (844) 244-8140 ex. 512 300 Lenora Street #454, Seattle, WA, 98121 > On Feb 26, 2019, at 2:51 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > In message <[email protected]>, > ARIN <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Draft Policy ARIN-2019-2: Waiting List Block Size Restriction >> >> Problem Statement: >> >> A substantial amount of misuse of the waiting list is suspected by ARIN > ... >> The problem is serious enough that the ARIN Board of Trustees has >> suspended issuance of number resources while a solution to this problem >> is found... > > > Although I heartily applaud any and all efforts by ARIN to reduce either > the opportunities for, or the incentivies for "gaming the system", I have > to say that it is my feeling that it is not exactly fair to ask the > community to pass judgement, one way or the other, on a proposal which > is based on some rather startling claims AND where absolutely -zero- > factual documentation is provided to back up those claims. I quote: > > The problem is serious enough that the ARIN Board of Trustees has > suspended issuance of number resources while a solution to this > problem is found... > > So, the ARIN community is being asked to take on faith the assertion > that there are vast unseen hoards of entities that are, and that have > been, gaming the system in the manner described, even though not a > single one of these is identified by name. Have I misunderstood? > > I, for one, have no doubts that there are indeed plenty of rational > actors (in the economic sense) who would most certainly seek to work > within the outer limits of existing policies, and seek their own > private economic advantage without regard for such niceties as respect > for the intent of existing policies or for the reasonable stewardship > of number resourcs in the general interest of all. But who are these > allegedy greedy actors in this specific instance? And how many of > them are there, actually? > > To the extent that whoever is bringing this proposal forward is > deliberately avoiding transparency about who is doing the things claimed, > that person or persons is/are doing a disservice to this proposal, to > their own objectives in putting it forward, and to the ARIN community > generally, which is now being asked to pass on a resolution in the > utter absence of any evidence at all to support its underlying premise. > > I hope that this point, i.e. the utter lack of supporting evidence > for this proposal, will not go unnoticed, especially as it is > illustrative of an even larger and an even more longstanding problem. > > To put in bluntly, ARIN has a problem, and has had, for a very long > time now. On the one hand, it seeks to hold itself up as a good > shepard of the number resources in its porfolio, acting in an always > even handed manner for the benefit of the community as a whole, while > on the other hand, as evidenced by the total lack of supporting > documentation for this proposal, it also still tries to act like some > old-school old boy's club, conveniently hiding the dirty laundry away > whenever out-of-town guests arrive. These two goals are, I would argue, > fundamentally incompatible. > > There are two opposite poles here. There is transparancy and the public > good, and then there is secrecy, skulduggery and subterfuge. Anyone who > has been closely following the headlines of late should know that by now. > > My only wish is that ARIN would pick one or the other of these poles > and then own it. I understand that there exists this long tradition > of trying to straddle both, of pretending to be acting in the interests > of the General Good while still keeping utterly confidential all of the > dirty little secrets of ARIN's constituent commercial entities, but it > really is getting old and tiresome. And it does not serve the common > good. > > I seriously doubt that anything I say here will result in any sudden > new blossming of transparanecy on the part of ARIN, and I do not > seriously anticipate that any of the people who know the actual facts > with respect to the alleged "gaming" are ever going to actually or > publicly out any of the alleged swarm of Bad Actors that, we are told, > are doing this gaming in large numbers. But I can and do hope, at least, > that the people on this list will forgive me this indelicate outburst, > and try to understand that I felt compelled to make it. > > I see rampant abuse of the Internet, day in and day out, every bit of which > involves number resources, said resources having been obtained, by hook or > by crook, and virtually all of this online evil that I see is the proverbial > "riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma", apparently because the > Good Stewards of the address space wanted it that way. Therefore, my friends, > please do not begrudge me for asking for a little transparency from time > to time, even if I know ahead of time that I'm totally unlikely to get it. > Call me old-fashioned if you like, but I'd just like to know, every once > and awhile, who exactly is screwing me and/or all of us. That alone would > be a most refreshing change. > > > Regards, > rfg > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
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