Yes.. I support the intent of the draft. If I oppose, I will say so plainly and 
rarely bother word smithing it. 

Owen


> On Mar 10, 2026, at 14:19, Leif Sawyer via ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Owen DeLong <[email protected]> escribir:
>>>> On Mar 9, 2026, at 10:49, Leif Sawyer via ARIN-PPML 
>>>> <mailto:[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. 
> 
> T'is sooth.   "are you now, or have you ever been"  gets trickier.     You 
> did  provide a couple of other examples.  Hopefully those, or something else 
> will
> bring enough clarity for consensus.
> 
>> 
>> In RIPE, non-contract resource holders are not considered LIRs. 
>> 
> 
> An interesting note, as I didn't see that when looking, but I didn't check 
> everywhere for exemptions to the definition.    Functional, rather than 
> contractual though.
> 
>> 
>>> 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. 
> 
> It's starter language to get people interested in forming the policy.  I have 
> no connection to them either way, other than it was my hand that copied them 
> from one definition to this draft.    
> 
> But otherwise, with some minor editorials, you're in favor of the "flavor"  
> of the draft?
> 
> 
> Leif Sawyer
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