On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ernie Rubi <erne...@cs.fiu.edu> wrote: >> Um, I think that's what ARIN means when they say changing the registrant on >> a block from Entity A to Entity B means. That's effectively 'reclaiming'. >> >> As I understand it, I think they also contend that the 'community' could say >> to ARIN 'take back X legacy block' and that ARIN would have no choice but to >> do it if the 'community' wished it so (via policy process, etc). >> >> On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: >> >>> I think what John Curran is trying to say is that ARIN does not have >>> the authority to reclaim any space >> >> >> > > > Perhaps i'm missing the point, but my interpretation is that legacy > holders are sovereign and have the same standing in the community as > the RIR's. The only way to get that space back is to ask nicely or for > operators to stop routing legacy space. I very seriously doubt that it > is within ARIN's mission to form policy that directly impacts > non-members.
Most ARIN policies directly impact non-members. The vast majority of ARIN resource holders are non-members. Owen
