<div dir="ltr">I would support adding additional seats for the purpose of increasing diversity if<div>such seats had some sore of restriction... </div><div><br></div><div>For example each of the three new seats will be scoped as follows:</div><div>1 seat will only have nominations from Caribbean region community.</div><div>1 seat will only have nominations from individuals identifying as a women </div><div>1 seat will be designated as a "new comer" and will only have nominations that have never served on the ARIN Board.</div><div><br></div><div>This proposal lacks any such restriction.</div><div><br></div><div>___Jason</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 11:22 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">As announced on 11 May 2017, after receiving community feedback during<br>
the ARIN 37 meeting in Jamaica regarding the need for more background<br>
diversity on the ARIN Board of Trustees, the ARIN Bylaws were changed to<br>
allow for the appointment of an eighth voting Board member for a 1-year<br>
term, and this option was used after the 2016 ARIN Election.<br>
<br>
At their meeting on 8 May 2017, the ARIN Board discussed and agreed to<br>
propose for community consultation an additional change to expand the<br>
number of elected Board members from six to nine, as this will increase<br>
opportunities for diversity in the background of Board members. While<br>
this change would require an update to the Bylaws, the update would not<br>
affect the member-protected portion of the Bylaws. However, the ARIN<br>
Board of Trustees determined it would be best to consult with the<br>
community for their input prior to the adoption of this proposed change<br>
of expanding the Board.<br>
<br>
We are conducting this community consultation to obtain feedback on this<br>
proposed change to the size of the ARIN Board of Trustees. This<br>
consultation period will close at 5 PM EDT, 12 June 2017.<br>
<br>
Board proposal:<br>
<br>
ARIN will add three more elected voting seats to the Board of Trustees,<br>
raising the current six (elected two per year) to nine (elected three<br>
per year).<br>
<br>
* There would be no change to the appointed voting seat (it would remain<br>
available for appointment as deemed desirable by the Board)<br>
* There would be no change to the non-elected voting seat (held by the<br>
President/CEO)<br>
* New Board seats are to be added to the Board in a phased manner – one<br>
per year in the 2017 thru 2019 elections<br>
* October 2017: 3 Board members will be elected for 2018;<br>
8 Trustee board (9 if appointed seat is used)<br>
* October 2018: 3 Board members will be elected for 2019;<br>
Trustee board (10 if appointed seat is used)<br>
* October 2019: 3 Board members will be elected for 2020;<br>
10 Trustee board (11 if appointed seat is used)<br>
<br>
Please provide comments to <a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-consult@arin.net</a>.<br>
<br>
Please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a> if you have any questions.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
John Curran<br>
President & CEO<br>
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br>
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