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

[Jo Rhett]

On Mar 28, 2014, at 1:27 PM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
> 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.


I am firmly against this proposal for exactly what he said. Currently being inside one such organization, it would be trivial for us to game the system.

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