-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Gordon Cook Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:22 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Auerbach Accuses ICANN Board of Dereliction of Duty on IP Allocation

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"...and hilarity ensued. Not."

http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/05/04/11/132201.shtml

- ferg

Sigh. I am certainly not happy to see this and I must confess dismay that the subject rears its ugly head. My life has been better since i stopped paying attention to these people hoping that they would sink beneath the surface of the sea.

[ SNIP ] I'm paying attention and when I saw that announcement I contacted an ARIN AC ASO rep and asked for some detail. The explanation I received was that this was documenting some existing practice which seems to be line up with the meeting notes and other comments I've read. Is there an operational problem with what happened? -M<