There are places that have predictable elections. I do not think that is what we want.
Owen On Jan 23, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Steven Ryerse <[email protected]> wrote: > I stand corrected on the Board of Trustees. We certainly agree but of course > one never knows what the results of an election might be. > > Steven Ryerse > President > 100 Ashford Center North, Suite 110, Atlanta, GA 30338 > 770.656.1460 - Cell > 770.399.9099- Office > > <image001.jpg>℠ Eclipse Networks, Inc. > Conquering Complex Networks℠ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Stephen Sprunk > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] NRPM Policies 4.6 and 4.7 Suspended by ARIN Board > > On 23-Jan-14 09:59, Steven Ryerse wrote: > > I would like to take this opportunity to point out that this is a glaring > example of where the ARIN Board of Directors is acting to make a policy > change without consulting this community before taking action concerning the > policy(s). > > Nit: Board of Trustees, not Directors. > > The Board members are part of the community, and one of their > responsibilities is to take action on behalf of the community when there is > an urgent problem--and then hand it back to the rest of us for a more > complete response as soon as circumstances permit. We entrust them with > rather expansive authority because it's necessary to fulfill that > responsibility. > > > I would also point out that this action by the ARIN Board pretty much > deflates the argument that ARIN’s role is only to implement and facilitate > community-based Internet self-governance that I’ve seen argued in this forum > and in the press by John Curran and others. It is to the ARIN Board & > Management’s credit that they do solicit this community’s input on most > policy changes. However, I think it is important that this community fully > understand that they have chosen to solicit input on policy decisions but are > not required to follow it. > > ARIN Staff is obligated to follow whatever policies the ARIN Board adopts, > and Staff's role in the policy-making process is limited to advice and > facilitation. > > You are correct that the ARIN Board isn't obligated to listen to input; if > they had a record of abusing their discretion, though, it would be our > responsibility to replace them. > > S > > -- > Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein > CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the > K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
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