+1 The community elects the board. This is an important point, and a check on executive power-grabs.
Don’t forget the the ultimate say does, in fact, lie with the community, in that the members of the Board and the Advisory Council are elected by the community. While there’s always the potential for a cynical take on the community’s ability to affect meaningful change when needed, I’d hope that any egregious policy decisions made by these bodies - decisions that the community agrees are not in line with their collective interests - would result in the Board and/or AC members responsible for those decisions having a much more difficult time with their future re-election campaigns than they would otherwise. -Chris On Sep 7, 2021, at 10:49 AM, Fernando Frediani <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi Elvis I have the same view as you do. Despite this undertanding (and maybe the Board too - and correct me if I don't reproduce it accuratelly) I refuse the view that "PDP is a concession of the Board to the Community" and - this is what makes it even more controvertial - that 'this does not void ICP-2" due to historical reasons or whatever justification. They are entiteled to their opinion but I do not believe that corrensponds to practical realitty. I sincerelly hope that not only ARIN Board by any other RIR Board never void the bottom-up process and respect the ultimate power of community to choose how policies will be, not the Board unilaterally at their will. Obviouslly this doesn't confuse with the prerrogative of the RIR Board to care about the organization protection and legal protection and I support that including the prerrogative of the Boards to ractify proposals that reached consensus. Regards Fernando On Tue, 7 Sep 2021, 14:10 Elvis Daniel Velea, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Hi, On Sep 7, 2021, at 09:10, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: While the Board delegates the administration of policy development routinely to the ARIN AC, but it retains ultimate authority commensurate with the responsibility that they must bear for the organization. This is a very useful clarification to have available for those who continue to argue that the community is the ultimate authority on policy matters. Thank you. Very surprised to see John explain how the bottom-up process works (or not) in ARIN and how much influence the ARIN Board has on policy. I am also extremely surprised to see the difference in PDP between ARIN and the rest of the RIRs as per John’s statement above. Elvis _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any issues.
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