From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:44:06 -1000
Sender: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> Can someone shed some light for me on the ARIN meetings? I guess
> I want to know if it worth attending?
wanna watch sausage being made? but the arin sausage factory has
become far less scary than apnic's or ripe's, by a long shot.
I really don't have a problem with watching sausage being made. But
I've never seen Oscar Mayer make it, either.
In either case, the ARIN process is generally pretty open. They have
always been receptive to member input and, although it does have a
slight resemblance to the legislative process, it's a lot closer to
Pavetti Meats (local sausage maker in the town I grew up in) than to
Oscar Mayer.
I have always found the meet interesting and worth attending, but I'll
take the aroma of good Italian sausage if I have to make a choice. 
Can someone shed some light for me on the ARIN meetings? I
guess I want to know if it worth attending?
wanna watch sausage being made? but the arin sausage factory
has become far less scary than apnic's or ripe's, by a long
shot.
In either case, the ARIN process is generally pretty open. They
have always been receptive to member input and, although it does
have a slight resemblance to the legislative process, it's a lot
closer to Pavetti Meats (local sausage maker in the town I grew
up in) than to Oscar Mayer.
I have always found the meet interesting and worth attending, but
I'll take the aroma of good Italian sausage if I have to make a
choice.
indeed. my intent was to characterize the process and to
compliment it. arin has come a loooong way; much credit to ray
plzak.
process at the intersection of policy and technology is difficult.
openness is important, but so is prudent engineering. arin has
found a far better balance than some other notable rirs.
randy