RE: [apnic-talk] APNIC and APRICOT
On Sunday, May 17, 1998 7:53 AM, Chang, Wai-Leong[SMTP:cwl at singnet dot com dot sg] wrote:
@
@I have a suggestion. Join them in organising the 99 seminar/workshop and
@you will know the details then. Many ISPs in the region had benefited
@tremendously from APRICOT and for about US$500 per person, that is
@knowledge for a song. I have attended the ones held in Singapore and HK.
@Great stuff....
@
You are missing the point. I am sure it is great stuff. With
99 seminars and workshops it should be able to pay for
itself. Taxes from IPv4 address allocations should not be
used to subsidize that operation. Does APRICOT plan to
pay APNIC back ?
Also, if people are "employed" by both APNIC and APRICOT
money can be transferred from APNIC to APRICOT to pay
them. This can create a false impression on the books of
APNIC because people might assume that people are paid
a token salary when they are really receiving compensation
via money taken out of APNIC and used to subsidize other
activities, like APRICOT.
Besides the money there is the influence that comes with
IPv4 address allocations. Are companies told they will get
IP allocations if they support APRICOT ? Is that why APRICOT
is a success ? Are IPv4 addresses obtained from the
U.S. Government being used to influence other activities ?
Furthermore, some of the people that have been paid to
participate in APRICOT are also influential in the U.S.
in making sure that APNIC gets IPv4 addresses. Do we
now have a situation where IPv4 addresses are sent to
APNIC where they are "sold/leased" and then the money
is transferred to APRICOT to pay for these people to fly
to the Asia/Pacific region for meetings and seminars ?
If this is the case, then IPv4 addresses are being bartered
for other goods, services, trips, etc. This is not something
U.S. Government contractors should be doing in my opinion.
-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.net
IPv8 - Designed for the Rest of the Human Race
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