Re: [External] Normal ARIN registration service fees for LRSA entrants after 31 Dec 2023

[Owen DeLong via NANOG]

> On Sep 16, 2022, at 11:49 , John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 16 Sep 2022, at 2:21 PM, Aaron Wendel <aa...@wholesaleinternet.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not trying to troll, this is a serious question:
>> 
>> Is there a formal agreement that says that all legacy resources will receive 
>> free registry services forever and ever or is it just an informal "That's 
>> how it was done”?
> 
> No formal agreement, but those involved in ARIN’s formation did indicate that 
> at transition 
> the existing registrations would be maintained without a need for agreement 
> or fee.
> 
> The ARIN Board has maintained that same position over the last 25 years –
> I’d expect that to continue similarly unless a strong reason emerged why that 
> is no 
> longer advisable and/or the community reached consensus on different 
> approach. 

Again, I think you mean membership rather than community. Since this is 
basically a board decision,
the membership would have to elect a board that has a different opinion.


Owen