<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</a>> wrote:<br><div><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">By the way, when an RIR staff member assigns me an IP number block and enters it into its registry, no one looks over their shoulder other than the RIR governing
board, which is elected by members. </span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Do you think RIR number block assignments also need to be approved by an external authority? Just askin’</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>No more than the assignment of a second-level domain to a registrant should be approved by an external authority.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>-drc</div><div><br></div></div><style><!--
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