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[Brian Koontz <brian AT opennicproject.org>]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:43:57PM +0200, Falk Husemann wrote:
> And if some people want to peer with us, how do they do that? Most
> providers offer a direct link to a contact form on their startpage for
> that purpose. Do we?

Historically, they contact us and ask.  Then the peering agreement is
put up for a vote.  (Which is why you all should not be too worried
about a peering agreement with China.  If it ever got as far as a
vote, I seriously doubt there would be widespread support for such an
agreement.)

> And to what would those people have to agree to? Democracy? There are
> lots of shades of that.

We don't pass judgement on groups we peer.  Our voting process serves
to speak on behalf of OpenNIC members.   

> Maybe we should try to talk to ICANN. I'd say to have them read what
> we write we should first contact second tier organizations like ISOC
> or present OpenNIC to the national computer science clubs
> (Gesellschaft für Informatik it's here). Raise awareness and ask for help.

ICANN's official stance on alternative roots is very clear (see RFC
2826).  Talking directly to ICANN is a waste of our time.  Contacting
peripheral groups, as you suggest, is the way to go. 

  --Brian

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