[ARIN-consult] Consultation on Proposed Bylaws Changes

[John Curran]

On Mar 3, 2016, at 5:43 PM, Hannigan, Martin <marty at akamai.com> wrote:
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>> On Mar 3, 2016, at 3:42 PM, David Huberman <David_Huberman at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed Bylaw changes.  My thoughts:
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>> 1) Since the proposed changes include the addition of a potential 8th voting member, and because this 8th voting member will not be elected by the community (but instead, appointed by the community-elected members), I feel that this is sufficiently impactful that the Board has a duty to socialize this proposal beyond the boundaries of arin-consult (a small, rather incestuous list) and the ARIN PPM (also a small and rather incestuous gathering).
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>> Please consider posting this to the more widely circulated PPML, for a larger field of input. Though PPML comes with quite a bit of noise, there are some very insightful folks who may have input on this proposal who are not subscribed to arin-consult.
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> The changes are “of interest” to the public, but the bylaws and the business of the association are that of the members. This should be primarily discussed on a members only list. 

I can easily see the merits of such a position, but we have to also recognize
that ARIN’s governance can have effects on parties which are not members
(e.g. legacy address holders) and as a result have historically chosen to use 
an open consultation list for such matters.

/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN