arin and ops fora (was Re: AltDB?)

Tue Jan 11 07:16:09 UTC 2011

On Jan 10, 2011, at 8:52 PM, David Conrad wrote:

> Owen,
> 
> On Jan 10, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> Members may bring any topic of interest to arin-discuss.
> 
> Just to be clear, arin-discuss is limited to ARIN members?
> 
To the best of my knowledge, yes.

>> They can and sometimes do discuss operational matters there.
> 
> Operational matters that impact more than members?
> 
Operational matters as in ARIN operations.

While operations ARIN does such as rDNS, whois, etc. may impact those
outside of ARIN membership, ARIN members are (generally) the ones
paying for those operations.

If you want a say in changing those operations (and thus changing what it costs
to perform them), you can become a member of ARIN for a mere $500/year, or,
you can use the ACSP which is the process for submitting non-policy matters
to ARIN which are then brought before the community on PPML in a non-policy
context.

>> The ACSP provides
>> a process for community review of the suggestions and semi-formal comment processes as
>> well.
> 
> Which community?
> 
The community on PPML.

Owen