The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Canada, the United States, and portions of the Caribbean. ARIN Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is an organization that oversees the registration and allocates IP addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6 and Autonomous System numbers in a certain region of the world. ... ...

Established in December 1997, ARIN is incorporated as a nonprofit in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. ARIN is one of five (5) RIRs. Like the other RIRs, ARIN:

• Provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources in its respective service region.
• Participates in the global Internet community;
• Facilitates the development of policy decisions made by its members and the stakeholders in its region;
• Is a nonprofit, membership organization;
• Is governed by an executive board elected by its membership.

Services

ARIN provides services related to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources. The nature of these services is described in ARIN's mission statement:

Applying the principles of stewardship, ARIN, a nonprofit corporation, allocates Internet Protocol resources; develops consensus-based policies; and facilitates the advancement of the Internet through information and educational outreach.

These services are grouped in three areas: Registration, Organization, and Policy Development.

Registration Services

Registration Services pertain to the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources. They include:

• IP address space allocation, transfer, and record maintenance
• ASN allocation, transfer, and record maintenance
• Directories
  • Registration transaction information (WHOIS)
  • Routing information (Internet Routing Registry)
• DNS (Reverse)

Organization Services

Organization Services pertain to interaction between ARIN members and stakeholders and ARIN. They include:

• Elections
• Members Meetings
• Information publication and dissemination
• Education and training

Policy Development Services

Policy Development Services facilitate the development of policy for the technical coordination and management of Internet number resources in the ARIN region. They include:

• Maintaining discussion e-mail lists
• Conducting Public Policy Meetings
• Publishing policy documents

Structure

ARIN is a nonprofit service organization that is responsive to the needs of the public it serves. Stakeholders in the community drive policies and activities, thus enabling ARIN to keep in step with their requirements. The organizational structure of ARIN is comprised of a 7-member Board of Trustees, a 15-member Advisory Council, and a professional staff of nearly 40. The Board of Trustees and Advisory Council are elected by ARIN members for three-year terms.

Board of Trustees

The ARIN membership elects the Board of Trustees, which has ultimate responsibility for the business affairs and financial health of ARIN, and manages ARIN's operations in a manner consistent with the guidance received from the Advisory Council and the goals set by the registry's members. The Board is responsible for determining the disposition of all revenues received to ensure that all services are provided in an equitable manner.

The Board votes on proposals generated from the membership and submitted through the Advisory Council. Executive decisions are carried out following approval by the Board.

The Board of Trustees consists of 7 members. Six members are elected by ARIN's membership and the President of ARIN serves as the seventh Trustee. Current members of the Board include Secretary Scott Bradner, Treasurer David Conrad, President Ray Plzak, and the Chairman, John Curran, as well as Trustees Bill Manning, Bill Woodcock, and Paul Vixie. In January 2006, David Conrad will be replaced by former Board member Lee Howard. John Curran is the Chairman of ARIN and Chief Technical Officer of ServerVault, as well as former Chief Technical Officer of XO Communications and Chief Technical Officer of BBN Category: Business biography stubs ... Paul Vixie is the author of several RFCs and well known UNIX system programs, among them SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron. ...

Advisory Council

In addition to the Board of Trustees, ARIN has an Advisory Council. The Advisory Council serves in an advisory capacity to the Board of Trustees on IP allocation policy and related matters. Adhering to the procedures in the Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, the Advisory Council forwards consensus-based policy proposals to the Board for ratification, as well as membership proposals to the Board for formal votes.

The Advisory Council consists of 15 elected members. The President of ARIN is an ex-officio member and acts as the liaison between the Board of Trustees and the Advisory Council. The current chair of the Advisory Council is Ron da Silva.

History

The organization was formed in December 1997 to "provide IP registration services as an independent, nonprofit corporation." Until this time IP registration in the ARIN region was done by a department within the Network Solutions corporation, which provided the initial staff and computer infrastructure for ARIN. ARIN Logo in 2001 This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Internet Protocol (IP) is a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork. ... This article reads like an advertisement. ...

The first president of ARIN was Kim Hubbard, from 1997 until 2000. The current president of ARIN is Raymond Plzak.

Until late 2002 it served Mexico, Central America, South America and all of the Caribbean. LACNIC now handles parts of the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Also, Sub-Saharan Africa was part of its region until recently, when AfriNIC was officially recognized by ICANN as the fifth Regional Internet Registry in April 2005. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Central America is the region of North America located between the southern border of Mexico and the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... ... The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) is the Regional Internet Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean. ... A satellite composite image of Africa showing the ecological break between North and Sub-Saharan regions Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa south of the Sahara, is the term used to describe those countries of Africa that are not part of North Africa or some areas of West Africa. ... AfriNIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. ... ICANN (pronounced I can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ... A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is an organization that oversees the registration and allocates IP addresses, both IPv4 and IPv6 and Autonomous System numbers in a certain region of the world. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Service Region

The countries in the ARIN service region are:

• ANGUILLA
• ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
• BAHAMAS
• BARBADOS
• BERMUDA
• BOUVET ISLAND
• CANADA
• CAYMAN ISLANDS
• DOMINICA
• GRENADA
• GUADELOUPE
• HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS
• JAMAICA
• MARTINIQUE
• PUERTO RICO
• SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
• SAINT LUCIA
• SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
• ST. HELENA
• ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
• UNITED STATES
• UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
• VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
• VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)

External links

• ARIN Home Page