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Hi Donna,
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">There is one caution that I have with regard to this. Our members will be outnumbered
by Liaisons by 4 to 5, so if Liaisons are participating on equal footing it could get tricky.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">As RSSAC is a direct customer perhaps we elevate them to ‘member’, and similarly
for the RIRs which offered a Liaison through the public comment.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;" class="">Sorry for the curve ball, but I’d appreciate any thoughts any of you might
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<div>For what it’s worth, in the context of the IANA naming functions I think we have more customer interactions with .INT registrants, and the IAB in the context of .ARPA, than we do with root server operators which probably represent ~0.1% of requests (<1
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