> I suspect part of the issue is that ARIN is a monopoly provider of a > variety public services that folks unrelated (directly) to ARIN must > make use of. In other areas of public service provision, there are > things like public utilities commissions that (in theory) ensure the > monopoly service provider acts in the public benefit when services are > added/changed/deleted. My impression is that the various WGs and SIGs > in the other RIRs perform something similar to that function. There > doesn't appear to be anything similar in the ARIN region.
having worked closely with a number of other RIRs, sad to say that a lot still goes on under the table [0]. hence my cspan analogy, shed some light in the corners. the community should be transparent before wikileaks gets to us. :) randy -- [0] - an old sardonic comment of mine on ripe is that it is a bottom up organization, and daniel and rob are at the bottom. and wear thick rubber/leather gloves when entering apnic.