"Leasing" of space via non-connectivity providers

Sun Feb 6 04:48:30 UTC 2011

On Feb 5, 2011, at 11:31 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
> ...
> The ARIN community decides ARIN policy.  That policy doesn't inherently reflect "community standards" in the broader sense, or inherently align with the law for that matter.  If the ARIN community were to instruct ARIN to operate in an illegal capacity, for instance, the fact that a "community" reached "consensus" on the matter would be a ridiculous defense.

Benson - 

  You are correct that consensus doesn't assure legality; hence
  all draft policies receive a specific staff and legal review 
  during the development process. 

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN