On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:54 AM, ML <ml@kenweb.org> wrote:
There's usually a 50/50 split between the HOA (Home Owners Association) and the individual that are our customers. In the case of a HOA it's not that the HOA is reselling it's that we are contracted to service every member of the HOA and the HOA gives us one check for everyone.
Hi ML, For individuals, you get significant privacy: https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#six551 Home owners' associations seem like a gray area to me. You're talking about a non-profit organization whose sole purpose is to represent a group of residences collectively. I think I'd err on the side of listing the HOA's legal name along with the postal address at which the HOA prefers to be contacted but I also think it would be worth bringing up the question on the ARIN PPML. ARIN public policy is a dynamic thing -- it changes and clarifies when good reasons are presented and frankly I think you've hit on a good reason. Apartment management companies, where the entity is unambiguously for-profit, are really past the gray area. Their customers are residential, but they themselves are a commercial entity vending services. Their customers may be entitled to privacy but they aren't. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004