[ARIN-consult] Reminder - Consultation on ARIN’s Membership Structure

[Scott Leibrand]

I am generally in support of these changes, because they would allow people
like me, as an employee of an End User organization, to participate and
vote in ARIN elections.

Minor nit: The redline changes introduced a couple of typos in both places
where it's supposed to say "participate in members-only discussions".

In the unlikely-for-now event that general membership declines below
current levels, the 100-member petition threshold could represent a
majority of (or in the pathological case, exceed) the number of general
members. You could eliminate that corner case by putting an upper bound on
the petition threshold, such as 20%, so it reads something like: "The
number of signatures required for petition nominations shall be at least
two percent (2%) of, but no less than the greater of one hundred (100) or
20% of, eligible General Members as of the established opening date of the
nomination period."

In Section 5. Unfulfilled Positions and Partial Terms, it might be worth
specifying whether the next-highest vote-getter assuming the unfilled
position serves for the entire term or just the first year (as with
appointed vacancies).

-Scott

On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 3:33 PM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:

> Alan -
>
> Pretty much correct - if you are a general member and did not vote in any
> of the past three elections, you will become a service member for the
> coming year.   We intend to conduct that review annually after each
> election starting after the ARIN 2023 election.
>
> FYI,
> /John
>
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> American Registry for Internet Numbers
>
>
> > On 5 Nov 2021, at 11:59 AM, Alan Batie <alan at peak.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/5/21 9:48 AM, ARIN wrote:
> >> Due to the level of interest in the topic, we have extended the
> Consultation on ARIN’s Membership Structure for an additional two weeks. It
> will now close on 29 November. The purpose of this consultation is to
> provide our customers ARIN’s plan for membership going forward and to seek
> feedback on planned changes to ARIN’s membership structure for 2022.
> >>
> >> The full text of the consultation is available at:
> >>
> >>
> https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2021/2021-5/
> >
> > If I read this right, it basically says "if you don't vote, we're not
> > going to let you vote" (which seems to be the only difference between
> > Service and General members)?
> >
> >
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