> On Mar 9, 2026, at 10:49, Leif Sawyer via ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> For clarification -  RIPE uses “member of”  in its definition of LIR.   The 
> thought was to try and bridge between multiple RIR definitions, and clearly 
> show how LIRs are downstream of RIRs and nominally provide equivalent 
> functionality whether or not they provide network connectivity services.   
> Fortunately, it’s a work in progress.  

In RIPE, all LIRs are members. This is not necessarily the case with some ARIN 
legacy LIRs that aren’t subject to an RSA. 

In RIPE, non-contract resource holders are not considered LIRs. 

> I do agree that “at a local level”  is somewhat problematic when looking only 
> from the geographic center.   But “local”  can mean to a single company 
> diaspora as well – it’s just not *clear* from context that it’s intended to 
> read that way. 

Do you believe that the phrase (if clarified somehow) adds meaning or value to 
the policy? Personally, I think it is superfluous and merely deleting those 
words is the best course of action here. 

Owen

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