ARIN XXIII Members Meeting Notes - 29 April 2009 [Archived]
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Opening and Announcements
Speaker: John Curran, Acting ARIN President and CEO
Transcript
John Curran opened the meeting with announcements and thanked Time Warner Cable Business Class for sponsoring the ARIN XXIII network connectivity. He announced Scott Beuker was the winner of the Daily Survey, and asked all participants to complete the meeting survey.
Registration Services
Speaker: Leslie Nobile, ARIN Director of Registration Services
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- On-going efforts: business process review support, WHOIS cleanup, CEO letter campaign, resource revocation, and lame delegation
- Help desk statistics
- Returned and revoked address and ASN statistics
- Lame delegation and Legacy RSA statistics
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
Government Affairs and Public Policy Support
Speaker: Cathy Handley, Executive Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Participated in IGF and ICANN meetings, formation of ARIN Government Working Group
- Report on IGF Hyderabad, India
- Report on World Telecommunications Policy Forum
- Pending changes at ICANN: new CEO, Department of Commerce has released a Notice of Inquiry, JPA expires 30 September 2009
- Review of relevant government activity in the US and Canada
- Increasing ITU interest and an explanation of the questionnaire released to member states
- Upcoming IGF in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, 15-18 November
Human Resources and Administration
Presenter: Mary K. Lee, ARIN Director of HR & Administration
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Explanation of Human Resource and Administration functions
- Overview of results of staff-wide Myers-Briggs testing
- Employee tenure statistics
Member Services
Presenter: Susan Hamlin, ARIN Director of Member Services
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Membership statistics
- New since ARIN XXII: ARIN website, 2008 Annual Report, PDP flash presentation, Meeting Fellowship program
- Overview of Member Services functions and responsibilities
- Requested community feedback via ACSP, e-mail to info@arin.net, and through web account Q&A function – help us help you!
- ARIN XXIV, 21-23 October, Dearborn, Michigan
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
Financial Services
Presenter: Bob Stratton, ARIN Director of Financial Services
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Continuing the process of digitizing all Registration Services Agreements, planning to and NDAs and inactive RSAs
- Beginning to work on collecting for overdue maintenance fees
- Supporting engineering work on the business process review as we look to automate more functions on the website
- New accounting software vendor to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Audit recommendations
- Explained about Contracts Officer role and the function of the Staff Attorney
Engineering
Presenter: Mark Kosters, ARIN Chief Technology Officer
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Operations: disaster recovery site built, west coast colo operational, IPv6 to the desktop in the office
- WHOIS, IRR WHOIS, and Origin AS vs. Route view statistics update
- Software Development updates: web account, web site redesign support, AS plain conversion, resource certification, DNSSEC, and LAME
- Quality Assurance support on to software development projects
- Requirements work was largely outlined in the Business Process review report
- Upcoming projects include: continuing to add features to ARIN web accounts, RESCERT pilot program, DNSSEC, replacing legacy systems, and participating in LISP
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
ARIN Outreach Efforts
Presenter: Richard Jimmerson, Chief Information Officer
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Purpose of ARIN in-person outreach and target audiences
- Outline of the messages and key points of the outreach campaign
- What types of venues and outreach methods for each
- List of sample events
- RFP is out for a PR firm to assist ARIN in spreading key messages
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
ARIN Financial Report
Speakers: Scott Bradner, ARIN Board of Trustees and Bob Stratton, ARIN Director of Financial Services
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Highlights included:
- 2008 Audit has been accepted by Finance Committee
- Finance Committee has reviewed fees, planned expenses, reserve status and planned for 2009 Audit
- Reviewed 2008 Financial statements and IPv4 renewal revenue
- Explained status of ARIN reserves
- An overview of the 2009 operating budget
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
NRO NC Report
Speaker: Louis Lee
Presentation: PDF
Louis Lee presented an overview of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) / Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC), and provided a report on its activities.
Highlights included:
- Explanation of ASO AC (NRO NC) duties
- Activity update
- Pending global policies
- Upcoming ICANN meetings
ARIN Advisory Council Report
Speaker: John Sweeting, ARIN Advisory Council Chair
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
John Sweeting presented an update on AC activities.
Highlights included:
- Explained the role of the AC in the Policy Development Process
- Reviewed 2008 meeting participation and proposal activity
- Update on 2009 activities: 8 proposals – 5 accepted as draft policies, 2 abandoned, 1 pending; draft policies – 2 adopted, 5 current (3 carryover, 2 new), 1 in development; 1 Emergency draft policy
- Overview of planned meeting participation and travel for AC members, including Outreach support and other RIR and community meetings
- AC support for additional ARIN programs: Meeting Fellows, Outreach, Topic Tables at Public Policy Meetings
For discussion details, please see the transcript.
ARIN Board of Trustees Report
Speaker: Paul Vixie, ARIN Chairman of the Board
Presentation: PDF
Transcript
Paul Vixie presented an update on Board of Trustees activities.
Highlights included:
- Policy actions: 5 ratified – 2007-14, 2007-23, 2008-4, 2008-5, 2008-6
- Established a strategic planning process
- Reviewed and approved new RSA and LRSA
- Adopted new Policy Development Process
- Confirmed 2008 election results and seated new officers
- CEO letter outreach campaign on IPv4 depletion and IPv6 adoption
- Approved initiative for ARIN business process re-engineering and automation
Open Microphone
Moderator: Paul Vixie, ARIN Chairman of the Board
Transcript
Highlights included:
- Whether the LRSA ORG maintenance fee will continue to be billed separately or if those fees could be consolidated with other ORG maintenance fees
- How the Advisory Council plans to maintain the involvement of proposal originators under the new Policy Development Process, and if questions about this might be included in the candidate questionnaire for the 2009 elections
- A request that ARIN produce a PowerPoint slide deck for IPv4 depletion/IPv6 adoption education
- A request for feedback on the frequency of ARIN meetings and location choices for future meetings
- A request for community input on the fee structure and whether changes are required or desired
Closing Announcements and Meeting Adjournment
Speaker: John Curran, Acting ARIN President and CEO
Transcript
John Curran made closing announcements and again thanked Time Warner Cable Business Class for sponsoring network connectivity for ARIN XXIII and Rackspace for providing the laptops in the Information Center. He thanked all of the meeting attendees, the members of ARIN and members of the community for participating. John concluded by inviting all attendees to ARIN XXIV in Dearborn, Michigan, 21-23 October 2009.
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