On Mar 24, 2014, at 12:20 PM, "Naslund, Steve" <snasl...@medline.com> wrote: > > Exactly right John. I think the term "owned" is a problem here. > > It seems to me that the terms would correctly be "holder" or who the address > space was issued to or "user" being the end user using that space.
We use address holder to recognize the party with the rights to the address block. > Wouldn't all of the holders be ARIN members unless grandfathered in? If you are an ISP who has an ARIN-issued allocation, you are a member. If you have an end-user assignment or legacy block, you can be a member, but it is not automatic. FYI, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN