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On Mar 5, 2016, at 8:32 AM, Lee Howard <<a href="mailto:spiffnolee@yahoo.com" class="">spiffnolee@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8772" class="">> member, I don’t think that is necessary any more desirable than a Board </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8811" class="">> member with specific technology background (because in either case we </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8993" class="">> can contract for the specific expertise to advise the Board) - however, the</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8828" class="">> Board sought to generalize the conditions where the appointment might </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8814" class="">> be applicable, and included both of these options as well as the geographic</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_8827" class="">> and gender diversity options.</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9001" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">It's weird.</font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9008" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">It's particularly weird to group legal/business/technical/gender/geographic balance together.</font></div>
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It was expansion of an existing mechanism to allow the Board to </div>
<div>have the advantage of more diversity of backgrounds if it felt such</div>
<div>was necessary - I am certain that there are other approaches that</div>
<div>would suffice, but this was readily available with minimal of change.</div>
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<div>Would you suggest a different approach?</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9009" class=""><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;" class="">I spoke with a friend who leads Diversity and Inclusion Programs for a company we've all heard of, who said that this seat would
feel like a quota seat. The person seated there for gender or geographic reasons would likely be treated differently than elected Board members, and would know they were seated for diversity (and suspect that ability was less a factor) which would affect their
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Quite possibly - do you believe the proposed Bylaw changes in this </div>
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I would like to see better geographic diversity, essentially meaning, "Someone from the Caribbean region," because there are Internet practicalities there that are different from the rest of ARIN's service area. </div>
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I would also like to see racial and gender diversity.</div>
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> Could you elaborate on how you feel this should be accomplished? (if not </div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9308" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">ARIN already does meeting fellowships, and I believe these include mentors. That's a very good start. What's the return rate for fellows?
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9307" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">Where is ARIN's harrassment policy? It's Meeting Code of Conduct?</font></div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9269" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">Have you provided Ally Skills training to Board, AC, and staff, so people know how to handle sub-harrassment events? Does ARIN's PDP allow for multiple
styles of contribution, or is it dominated by people who dominate discussion?<br class="">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9271" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">Have you consulted with professionals? (another friend of mine is a STEM Inclusion consultant in the DC Area, and former president of a science
association you've heard of, if you need a reference)<br class="">
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ARIN has harassment and diversity training (as well as appropriate policies)</div>
<div>for staff, but it is unclear how this plays into the election of Board members by </div>
<div>the community at large. In particular, we have not lacked diverse candidates </div>
<div>for the ARIN Board of Trustees, but have not seemed to seen any elected.</div>
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Point taken - If you have specific suggestions regarding how to improve ARIN’s </div>
<div>openness to diverse input hen I would definitely welcome such… We have a</div>
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<div>outcomes (i.e. are you suggesting ARIN conduct diversity training for Members?)</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9383" class="">> To be clear, the members chose to elect other candidates over the candidates</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9382" class="">> which would provide more diversity, but that was not any indication of lack of</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9387" class="">> qualification or desirability, but more a reflection of availability of Board seats.
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9411" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">If that were the case, then adding another elected Board seat would solve the problem.</font></div>
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<div class="">> Not at all, but the Board also needs to make sure that it has sufficient breadth </div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9544" class="">> of background in order to do an adequate job. This has been recognized for</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9545" class="">> some time with respect to financial background, and the Board (looking at the</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9555" class="">> same issues as you cite above regarding diversity) felt that the existing eighth</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9542" class="">> trustee appointment might be helpful in this regard. Again, if you feel there is</div>
<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_9556" class="">> a better mechanism, please elaborate on your proposal.</div>
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I believe that Bill Woodcock posted an outline of such an approach; with 6 elected seats, </div>
<div>his distribution worked out to 1, 2, and 3 seats for Caribbean, Canada, and US sectors </div>
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<div>a complete view of a sector-based Board proposal, but it’s a good start. </div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1457142154464_10029" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif" class="">I actually think ARIN does fairly well with gender inclusion, having had quite a few women on the AC, and at least one transgendered
member. ARIN does suffer from the fact that few women have business leadership positions in technology, and so there's a paltry pool of potential Board members. I have a feeling that IP Analysts are often not in the line of succession to top ranks, so those
who have the best-informed opinions on ARIN's policies are less likely to be great Board candidates. I don't think ARIN can or should alter technology career tracks, although giving participants knowledge that enables them to contribute better to their home
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for our Caribbean members. I think, but can't prove, that problems include a disparity in travel costs, relatively fewer organizations in the Caribbean relative to Canada/the U.S., and smaller organizations who are less able to lose a staff member for three
days twice a year. I would like to think that American/Canadian ARIN members are welcoming of Caribbean members, but the problems are more logistical.</font></div>
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<div>Understood, and thanks for the feedback!</div>
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