Hi John,
With respect, I take your post as evidence of
what David Conrad wrote about in terms of vested interests protecting their
turf.
It seems to me to be reflexively
defensive.
Mueller was making judgements when he said "ARIN is
nervous" or "ARIN is protecting its interests."
You protest too much when you call them factual
errors and bemoan the journalistic standards of an opinion blog.
Mueller knows about the letter from ARIN to
ICANN but judges it to be resistance-by-delay. You judge it as some kind of
proof that ARIN is not nervous. Neither judgement
rises to the level of fact.
I empathize with Prof. Mueller when his ideas are
met with resistance at ARIN. Whereas he (and I) are trying to protect the
integrity of the registration function by removing outdated and unnecessary
needs requirements for transfers, we are both vociferously resisted by the
damsel we are trying to rescue.
I think we both understand this is a natural
product of the byplay of a multi-stakeholder governed system, maybe you can
understand the frustration we feel being cast as enemies of a system we are
trying to save, and allow that understanding to provide more tolerance of the
judgements of others.
Regards,
Mike Burns
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