"ARIN has nothing to do with governments"

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

On Monday, April 13, 1998 10:27 AM, Michael Dillon[SMTP:michael@memra.com] wrote:
@On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Marc Hurst wrote:
@
@> Could anybody comment exactly which Canadian body was responsible for 
@> approving, or being involved with, ARIN.
@
@None at all. ARIN has nothing to do with governments. 
@

Michael..here you go again...

Many people are familiar with the work that you did in helping
to push the IAHC and CORE agendas. During that time, you made
many statements which made experts sit back and say, "What ?"
"Who does he think he is kidding ?"

The above statement falls into this category...let's not even look
at the rest of your posting until we address this...

"ARIN has nothing to do with governments"

1. Are you aware that Jon Postel (aka IANA) is on the Board of ARIN ?

2. Are you aware that the White House and various U.S. Government
	agencies are working on bringing Internet resource allocation into
	a more formal structure BEFORE the InterNIC contract ends ?

3. Are you aware that the so-called IANA Inc. will involve Jon Postel
	and the IN-ADDR.ARPA zone and ARPA TLD which apparently
	ARIN controls.

4. Are you aware that U.S. taxpayers helped to fund ARIN ?

5. Are you aware that ARIN apparently obtained its whois contact
	database from the InterNIC which was funded by U.S. taxpayers ?

6. Are you aware that U.S. taxpayers "allow" non-profit companies
	like ARIN to exist in the U.S. ?

7. Are you aware that ARIN is subject to U.S. laws and the laws of
	the State of Virginia ?

...and you sit in Canada and say ARIN has nothing to do with governments ?

Did you have to deal with the U.S. Government when you were working
for Priori in California ? If not, maybe the problem is that YOU have nothing
to do with governments and since you seem to think you are ARIN, you
draw the conclusion that ARIN also has nothing to do with governments.
Is that the case ?

-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI