And there in lies my interest in all of this- there is little value in signing my org's routes if no one is going to validate them. It's a bit of an odd position in that I have a very high interest in what the rest of the community thinks of and how they act with respect to the RPA. In other words, your relationship with ARIN is now of concern to me.
Maybe I'm being naively optimistic in thinking that these are solvable problems.
there is the rest of the world, it is a global internet. the north american influence decreases continuously, some because of growth of the global internet, which is a good thing. some because of noam making itself less and less relevant, as you point out. take a look at http://archive.psg.com://rpki-rollout.jpg kinda tells you what's happening, eh? lacnic has more roll-out than arin, and proportionally it is even more impressive; over 20% of lacnic allocations have roas. and there is ripe, with the sheer numbers. randy