<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We don’t ask candidates which region they are from; however, from personal memory I believe the last candidate who was associated with the Caribbean sector was Bernadette Lewis in 2013. Results: <a href="https://www.arin.net/vault/announcements/2013/20131023.html" class="">https://www.arin.net/vault/announcements/2013/20131023.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Not counting the CEO there are currently three Board Members reside in Canada and four Board Members reside in the United States.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-p</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 12, 2017, at 11:13 AM, William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" class="">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Jason Schiller <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:jschiller@google.com" target="_blank" class="">jschiller@google.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">OR, we could spread the regional seats having a Caribbean seat added in 2017,</div><div class="">and designating Canadian seat that is up for election in 2018, and the American</div><div class="">seat up for election in 2019.</div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Out of curiosity: who was the last "Caribbean" candidate for the board, how did they do on votes compared to the other candidates that election, and would anyone who voted in that election but did not vote for that candidate mind offering some quick comments about why they voted for other candidates instead?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If well qualified candidates from a region never or almost never run, that's a very different problem than the membership turning down diverse candidates.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, where are current board members from?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Current populations: </div><div class="">Canada: 35M</div><div class="">Carribean: 44M</div><div class="">US: 326M</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">So, if the 7 board seats were divvied by population served, 6 would be from the U.S. and the 7th would alternate between Canada and the Carribean.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then we have to ask about where in the U.S.... I'd wager California is overrepresented on the board.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">Bill Herrin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">William Herrin ................ <a href="mailto:herrin@dirtside.com" target="_blank" class="">herrin@dirtside.com</a> <a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank" class="">bill@herrin.us</a><br class="">Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <<a href="http://www.dirtside.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.dirtside.com/</a>></div>
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