Re: IP number allocations -- get out your CHECKBOOKS!

[Dick desJardins <desjardi@eos.nasa.gov>]

And where exactly is the problem, Karl?

Dick desJardins
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At 9:18 PM -0600 1/2/97, Karl Denninger wrote:
>I told ALL of you so.  Didn't I say this was next after the Postel trial
>balloon?  Did I get poo-pooed from the rafters?
>
>Eat your shoes folks.
>
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>> ----------
>> From: 	Kim Hubbard[SMTP:kimh@internic.net]
>> Sent: 	Thursday, January 02, 1997 3:55 PM
>> To: 	pagan@apnic.net
>> Subject: 	Non-profit IP Registry
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Recently, there has been discussion concerning the need to keep IP issues
>> separate from domain issues.  The stability of the Internet in part relies
>> on the careful management of the Internet Protocol addresses.
>>
>> The point has also been made that the management of the IP space should
>> be put in the hands of those that depend on it - the users.  Whether
>> those users are ISPs, corporate entities, universities, etc., they
>> should all play a role.
>>
>> To this end, Network Solutions, Inc. plans to create and initially fund
>> a non-profit 501(c)6 organization to be known as The American Registry
>> for Internet Numbers (ARIN) to manage the IP address space for the
>> territories it currently administers, similar to the APNIC and RIPE
>> regional IP registries.  This organization will be a non-profit
>> spin-off of the current InterNIC IP group.
>>
>> Network Solutions, Inc. will initially fund ARIN until fees are imposed
>> and will offer continued financing until such time as it is a stable,
>> self-sufficient entity capable of funding itself through its membership
>> dues, registration and maintenance fees.
>>
>> Details on the proposed organizational structure and 1997 funding
>> model are located at http://rs.internic.net/arin.
>>
>> Questions regarding the proposal will be answered on the ARIN mailing
>> list.  To subscribe, send mail to:
>>
>> 	listserv@internic.net
>>
>> 	with "subscribe naipr" in the body along with your first and
>>           last name.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kim Hubbard
>> InterNIC Registry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>


Dick desJardins
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