<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm of mixed emotions on it frankly.<div><br></div><div>I do think it would tend to lead us more towards consensus and less of a tendency to push through controversial policies.</div><div><br></div><div>OTOH, some of our best and most useful policies have been controversial ones that passed by narrow margins, while some of our worst have enjoyed strong supermajorities.</div><div><br></div><div>As such, I think it is generally more bad than good.</div><div><br></div><div>YMMV</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:53 AM, Scott Leibrand wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">One thing I noticed, and would like community feedback on, is this supermajority requirement (and 60-day deadline to avoid going to another public policy meeting):<div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
A Recommended Draft Policy that has undergone a successful Last Call discussion may be sent to the ARIN Board of Trustees for adoption consideration. Decisions to send Recommended Draft Policies to the ARIN Board shall be made by the affirmative roll call vote of the two thirds of the members of the full Advisory Council. The results of the Advisory Council's decisions, and the reasons for them, are announced on the PPML.<br>
All recommended policies not sent to the ARIN Board of Trustees for consideration within 60 days of Last Call completion will revert to Draft Policy status.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Do folks feel that is an improvement over the current PDP (which requires a simple majority of the full AC to send a draft policy to the board, with no time limit)? Or is that too high a bar?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for any input,</div><div>Scott</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:30 AM, ARIN <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The consultation on the revised Policy Development Process is closing this week.<br>
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This version of the PDP incorporated changes as a result of the discussion and feedback from an earlier consult that took place in September 2011.<br>
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While it is delightful that there have been no objections to this version; if you have read the revised PDP and agree with it, a few posts in support would be most appreciated.<div class="im HOEnZb"><br>
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American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br>
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On 6/5/12 2:04 PM, ARIN wrote:<br>
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On Tuesday, 29 May, ARIN opened a consultation with the community<br>
regarding a revised Policy Development Process (PDP) for Internet number<br>
resource policy development in the ARIN region.<br>
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Significant changes in this revision of the PDP include:<br>
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* Improved PDP process scope definition<br>
* Clarified principles for good number resource policy (fairness,<br>
technical soundness, community support, etc.)<br>
* Clarified Board criteria for developed policy ratification<br>
* New initial policy proposal review by the ARIN Advisory Council (AC)<br>
* Smoother transition from policy proposal to draft policies upon<br>
successful initial review<br>
* Added requirement for the AC to provide a full explanation of any<br>
policy action taken<br>
* One petition per policy action; if successful, petitioners mutually<br>
select the presenter of the draft policy at Public Policy Meetings<br>
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The above changes will have a significant impact on how community<br>
members participate in the PDP, and how policy proposals are seen<br>
through to fruition. We urge all community members to view the text of<br>
the revised Policy Development Process at:<br>
<a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/community_consult/05-29-2012_pdp.html" target="_blank">https://www.arin.net/<u></u>participate/acsp/community_<u></u>consult/05-29-2012_pdp.html</a><br>
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Discussion will close on 28 June.<br>
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If you have any questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Communications and Member Services<br>
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br>
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