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ARIN

Those of you tuned in to Internet policy are surely aware of the upcoming meeting of an ITU group on IPv6 that will be discussing WTSA Resolution 64 – IP address allocation and encouraging the deployment of IPv6. Unfortunately, I have been extremely busy with some other far less exciting projects and have not found [...]

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ARIN is again offering a Meetings Fellowship Program to help bring new voices and ideas to public policy discussions.
The current call is for Fellows to attend ARIN XXV in Toronto, Canada 18-21 April 2010. If you are interested in participating in the program, submit your application by 19 February. The application, submission instructions, and a [...]

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I find myself behind the ball again when it comes to posting info here on my blog. In the last part of 2009, I authored / co-authored and submitted two policy proposals for consideration to be included in the ARIN NRPM. As you may recall, my previous (and first) attempt at crafting policy was an [...]

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2009 ARIN Election Results

19 November, 2009

Ok, so I am about two weeks late posting this.  No excuses for my tardiness (those will come in another post), just right down to it:
I lost. Again.
According to the results posted by ARIN back on 5 November, I came in 12th out of 17 candidates, with 94 votes. A huge THANK YOU goes out [...]

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For anyone who wasn’t there in person, or who just wants to see it again, here is a video of the short speech I made in Dearborn at ARIN XXIV last Wednesday:

You can view all of the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council candidates speeches along with their bio’s at the ARIN Election Headquarters site.  [...]

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My 2009 ARIN Election Platform

30 September, 2009

In my previous post about this years ARIN elections, I promised to write a bit more about my own candidacy.  I guess in political terms that means outlining my platform.  Lucky for me, that is actually quite simple, my platform can be summarized in one word: Openness.
Openness defines my candidacy for two reasons; it is [...]

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ARIN Election 2009 Logo

It is that time of year again folks, time for the back to back NANOG and ARIN meetings and the annual ARIN election.  This means that if your company is involved with the Internet, you should at the very least be paying attention, if not registering to attend one or both of these meetings.  If [...]

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Policy 2008-7 Adopted

3 September, 2009

I am very pleased (and a little proud) to announce that policy 2008-7: Annual WHOIS POC Validation has been adopted by the ARIN Board of Trustees!
If you have been following my blog (or the ARIN PPML) for awhile, you will know that I am one of the four authors of this policy – hence the [...]

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The new and improved ARIN policy proposal ‘2008-7′ is now titled “Identify Invalid WHOIS POC’s” and should make its appearance back on the ppml in time for discussion at ARIN XXIII.

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