RE: Again no multi6 at IETF#56

["Bound, Jim" <Jim.Bound@hp.com>]

There is mini ARIN work shop April 6th and that week in Memphis.  A few
End users I know will be there and downstream providers that are using
the address space and going to request more.  ARIN listens to all input.
/jim

 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Hinden [mailto:hinden@IPRG.nokia.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 12:30 PM
> To: Randy Bush
> Cc: multi6@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: Re: Again no multi6 at IETF#56
> 
> 
> Randy,
> 
> At 02:27 PM 3/13/2003, Randy Bush wrote:
> > > You can do this in multiple ways. You could (playing the devils
> > > advocate) argue that the IETF should create technical 
> specifications 
> > > that can handle the policy of the RIRs. After all, to a 
> large extent 
> > > the RIR membership is most likely a better representation of 
> > > "end-users" (for some definition of users) than the IETF is.
> >
> >problem is that the rirs, aside from missing protocol folk, are also 
> >missing router/backbone ops folk.  so they get a very narrow view.
> 
> I agree.  It's not clear to me that either the IETF or the 
> RIRs represent 
> the "end-users".  The RIRs are focused on their members who 
> are mostly ISPs 
> and the IETF is populated by people from vendors, standards 
> professionals, 
> some ISPs, and researchers.  IMHO neither groups primary focus is the 
> "end-users".  I would think that the ISOC could possibly fill 
> this role.
> 
> > > A better way to move forward is most likely to have the IETF 
> > > _cooperate_ with the RIRs on a working policy.
> >
> >bingo!
> 
> YES!
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
>