RE: ARIN Duplicates Other Government Functions

[Jim Fleming <JimFleming@doorstep.unety.net>]

On Monday, April 13, 1998 4:42 AM, Avi Freedman[SMTP:freedman@netaxs.com] wrote:
@> Avi
@> 
@> How does ARIN plan to have the resources to evaluate plans
@> such as the WorldCOM - MCI merger ?
@
@It looks like according to the current plans, smaller ISPs may be subsidizing
@the evaluation of the allocations of larger ISPs.
@

I do not believe that there is much evaluation done for the larger ISPs,
except maybe a review of their hospitality suite at a trade show. Since
there does not appear to be any public disclosure of what goes on at
ARIN or for that matter anything about the internal management structure
at ARIN, it is very difficult to tell what is really going on there. One can
only deduce what is going on based on what others disclose since most
people are not privy to the private e-mail exchanges between the members
of the ARIN nation.

It looks to me like we have a situation where large companies get a "pass"
or a free ride as long as they pay their money while small companies get
the third-degree from the "experienced staff" at ARIN. This all reminds me
of the customs and immigration scenes that I see traveling to and from the
U.S. to the Caribbean nations. A large group of white, vacation-clad tourists
walk through the lines with a nod and a smile from the experienced agents.
While this is going on, the black or brown, civilian-dressed citizen gets the
third degree from the new agents that are being trained to spot drug trafficing.

By the way, what statistics is ARIN keeping on how allocations are made
relative to sex, race, religion or national origin ?

Does ARIN measure up to U.S. Government standards in this area ?

Can we get a run down of these statistics for the employees, Board and
Advisory Committee of ARIN ?

Also, will ARIN be posting the allocations they make on a daily or weekly basis ?

-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI