Re: [44net] Running for ARDC director position

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Bart Kus <me(a)bartk.us> wrote: 44/8 is considered legacy space as it's inception was prior to 1997. ARIN chooses not to serve us as Brian has chosen not to agree nor disagree with the Legacy services agreement as to do so would incur costs. https://www.arin.net/resources/legacy/ Personally, I believe this is a wise decision as it would introduce costs and rules that would ultimately destroy the network. (See above link) As for a chain of ownership, all you need to do is look toward 'whois' for the netblock. Wikipedia has a nice article about the history of ampr.organd 44/8. ... As for voting members, running for office, etc.... I don't believe 44net is incorporated or a non-profit. I don't believe there is a board of directors nor shareholders. Thus, I think it's a little premature to call for candidacy until there is a board to campaign for a seat upon. I don't recall reading any bylaws either. If there was, there would be legal requirements under incorporation as well as IRS filings which I don't believe exist. 44/8 is a special case. In many aspects, it's a miniature IANA in that the entire netblock covers the entire globe and not any particular country. Personally, I feel that to keep it fair, one or two representatives should represent the regions they are part of... one from north america, one from south america, europe, australia, asia, africa, etc... From there, the foundations can be written and developed. Last thing that we want is a IFNA like scenario (for those old enough to remember). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cm6EFYktRQ - BBS Documentary Video on Fidonet (the history and story of with the original players - of which I'm seeing many parallels happening here.. history repeating?)