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Any rational request or comment that any stakeholder (meaning user, network operator, etc) would like to present I will entertain and be more than happy to listen to. My duty as an AC member is to the public. -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly / All Lines K56Flex/DOV | NEW! Corporate ISDN Prices dropped by up to 50%! Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost On Thu, May 14, 1998 at 08:32:52PM -0400, Dean Robb wrote: > At 17:14 5/14/98 -0500, you wrote: > > > >Right now, I haven't seen any input from ARIN members indicating this > >is somethign desire. I don't see raising the issue to the advisory council > >unless the ARIN membership desires this. (If your not an ARIN member > >then your opinion may not have any weight with the AC.) > >I think its a reasonable idea, but I'm not inclined to go against the > >wishes of the membership. > > I must say I find your attitude....appalling. > > 1. How can you say you're not inclined to "go against the wishes of the > membership" if you don't even ask the membership what their wishes are? > I'd lay odds that no one has even thought about the issue, let alone decide > if it's a weighty matter. > > 2. You explicitly say that unless I'm a member, my opinion may carry no > weight with the AC. Does that mean that I can't have a good idea unless I > first pony up $1000? How positively absurd and insulting...to the other > members. > > Mr. Dillon said "IANA and ARIN and RIPE and APNIC are composed of some very > ordinary yet clueful Internet folks that are capable of recognizing a good > idea when it is explained to them.". He did NOT add the codicil that > people must have paid One Thousand Dollars for the privilege of presenting > an idea to these clueful folks. I sincerely hope and trust that others > don't think that only the elite few can have an idea. > > 3. It's too late, anyway. I'm NOT a member but have made the suggestion. > Hopefully, some forward-thinking, intellegent members may see this and > think it worthy of discussion. > > 4. Of course, you can ignore the issue and let the ARIN database > deteriorate to the state that InterNIC's WhoIs is in. Shall we take a poll > on how many people are happy with IT? Far better to deal with a problem > while it's small and keep it from becoming large. > > 5. I sincerely hope other members take you to task for your attitude. If > all members have your mindset, I wouldn't join even if I DID had a spare > grand sitting around. > > > > Spam(tm) is pressed meat. Spammers should be too. > > Dean Robb > PC-Easy > On-site computer services > (757) 495-EASY [3279] >
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