[ARIN-consult] [ARIN-Suggestions] New ACSP SUGGESTION 2014.7: TERM LIMITS FOR ARIN ADVISORY COUNCIL

[David Farmer]

On 3/28/14, 14:29 , ARIN wrote:
> A new suggestion was received through the ACSP, and was assigned
> number2014.7 upon receipt of confirmation.
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> The text of the Suggestion is available at:
> https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2014-7.html
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> ARIN will issue an initial response within 10 business days.
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> Regards,
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> Communications and Member Services
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> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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> Suggestion: *
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> Author: Marla Azinger
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> I propose the following be used for AC:
>
> Keep the 3 year terms in place and add
> a 6 year contiguous term limit
> a 3 year ineligibility year period after a term ends be it 3 year or 6 years
> After 3 year ineligibility is over a person my run for a position on the
> AC again.

I would be opposed to a 3 year ineligibility period, I think a 1 year 
ineligibility period is more than sufficient to obtain the desired 
effect of term limits to encourage rotation of more new people into the 
AC.  A longer ineligibility year period seems only to punish AC members 
for doing a good job and getting reelected.

I'm neutral on the overall concept of term limits in general.  It could 
be a highly positive change for the organization, if it brings more 
diverse participation into the policy process.  However, conversely it 
could be a highly negative change for the organization, if it leads to 
more capture of the policy process by large industry players who have a 
larger pool of candidates to draw from by their pure size of their 
organizations as people are term-limited of from smaller organizations.


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