> 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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