<div dir="auto">As no more than an observer I would love to see ARIN implement concrete measures to increase diversity. I am, however, not sure increasing the number of board positions, by itself, would help to realise that end. It seems that hardwiring the Bylaws to guarantee some element of diversity on the board by specifically defined diversity criteria may be a better solution.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Which raises another question: what kind of diversity in background is ARIN trying to achieve? Is it gender, regional or economic diversity?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-</div><div dir="auto">Bart </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On May 11, 2017 3:53 PM, "Scott Leibrand" <<a href="mailto:scottleibrand@gmail.com">scottleibrand@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 to David's comments and question.<br>
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Also, is this likely to result in a noticeable increase to ARIN's travel budget? Or will the existing amount of travel likely be spread across the larger board?<br>
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Scott<br>
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> On May 11, 2017, at 11:20 AM, David R Huberman <<a href="mailto:daveid@panix.com">daveid@panix.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hello,<br>
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> Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Board of Trustees decision to increase the size of the elected Board membership.<br>
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> I am strongly in favor of diversity as a goal for the makeup of the ARIN Board of Trustees. ARIN is turning 20 this year, and not a single woman or non-white person has ever been elected to the Board (though two women have served: Kim Hubbard as CEO and Merike Kaeo as a current appointee).<br>
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> It is difficult, however, to offer support for the current consultation without knowing why the Board collectively feels this is the correct solution to the problem. There are many options on the table (term limits, evaluations, etc.), and the Board chose this one. Why did it do so, and why is this better than other solutions?<br>
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> Thank you,<br>
> David<br>
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