[arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations

[Jeremy Anthony Kinsey]

NOT a Voter…

On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Manish wrote:

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> Jim,
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> Here are the number of dmrs who voted in the last couple of elections: 
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> In 2012 - 
> 3,735 Eligible voters* as of 10 October 2012
> *ARIN members in good standing with properly registered Designated Member Representatives on record 25 August 2012 
> 386 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Board of Trustees election.  (10.334%)
> 393 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Advisory Council election.  (10.522%)
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> In 2011 -
> 3,262 Eligible voters* as of 27 September 2011
> *ARIN members in good standing with properly registered Designated Member Representatives on record 1 January 2011 
> 463 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Board of Trustees election. (13.366%)
> 487 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Advisory Council election. (14.929%)
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> Election voter information is available through announcements on the ARIN website:
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> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2012/20121109.html
> https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20111028_election.html
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> Regards,
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> Susan Hamlin
> Director, Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> On 1/15/13 2:00 PM, Jim Dolan Jr wrote:
> What percentage of the DMRs actually voted?   I think this useful and helpful info in this discussion. 
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> Jim
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> On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:13 AM, "ARIN" <info at arin.net> wrote:
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> ARIN is seeking feedback from its membership about changing voting
> eligibility so that any ARIN web account linked to an Admin and/or Tech
> POC of a Member organization may cast the ballot for the organization's
> one vote in ARIN elections. This change would replace the Designated
> Member Representative (DMR) role in the ARIN elections and allow
> organizations to have more that one eligible voter.  There is no change
> to the one vote per Organization ID rule.
> We are suggesting this change in order to increase participation in ARIN
> elections. This change would:
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>      * Allow organizations to have more than one eligible voter, thereby
> increasing the chances that someone would be available to cast a ballot
> 
>      *  Eliminate the need for Members to create and update the DMR POC
> with its specialized email requirements
> 
>       Note: The benefit of allowing more than one individual the ability
> to cast the organization's one vote may in some cases require internal
> coordination to determine who will cast the vote. If a second individual
> attempts to vote, they will receive notification that their organization
> has already voted and they will not be able to cast a ballot.
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> ARIN is seeking input from the community regarding this potential
> change, including whether it would be beneficial and if made, whether
> voting eligibility should be provided to Admin POCs or Admin and Tech POCs.
> You can read background on ARIN's existing processes of DMRs at:
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> https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/dmr.html
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> You can read about ARIN's current Board and Advisory Council Election
> voting process at:
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> https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#voting
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> Relevant Statistics:
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>       89% of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to either
> their Admin or Tech POC handle.
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>       85%  of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to their
> Admin POC handle.
> 
>       In the 2012 elections 87% of Member organizations had a DMR that
> was eligible to vote.
> 
> Please provide comments to arin-discuss at arin.net.
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> Discussion will close on 12 February 2013. ARIN seeks clear direction
> from its members, so your feedback is important. If you have any
> questions, please contact us at info at arin.net.
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> Regards,
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> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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