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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">David,<br>
<br>
You have enumerated an idea that I have been considering writing
about the past couple of days after reading through some of the
comments on this consultation. That is if the board believes that
they need some sort of skill or representation that should be
expressed through having the board notate to the nomcom the
skills/representation needed and then candidates with those
skills/representation would be placed onto the ballot with
candidates of similar skills/representation.<br>
<br>
Practically this might look like (assuming no change in board
size)<br>
<br>
Board Seat #1 (board requests candidate with financial skills) -
Candidate A, Candidate B<br>
Board Seat #2 (board requests candidate with representation for
large provider/cdn space) - Candidate C, Candidate D<br>
<br>
The membership would then select either Candidate A or B for seat
#1 and similarly for seat #2.<br>
<br>
This does not provide for breadth or depth of skill/representation
for which the board is not aware it needs, but does provide the
membership an opportunity to express their preference for a
candidate within a subset of candidates which meets a need or
desire. This does give more responsibility to the nomcom, so
other changes to the nomcom maybe needed to facilitate this
responsibility. <br>
<br>
I too am not strictly opposed to growing the board size, but am
inclined to not support just a growth in the size of the board
without other changes to how board members are elected.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
On 4/10/2018 1:04 PM, vinton cerf wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">David, that's a very interesting way to try to
reach many of our goals for Board make up and perhaps gives
useful guidance to the nominating committee.
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<div>vint</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 2:13 PM, David
Farmer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:farmer@umn.edu"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">farmer@umn.edu</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><span
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am not opposed to the idea of expanding the board, a
change from six to nine elected board members with the
CEO as an e<span
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officio member seems reasonable to me</span>. However,
I cannot support the current proposal as written. The
primary flaw I see in the current proposal is that it
simply expands the board without modifying how the board
is selected. I believe the issue at hand is as much
about how the board is selected as much as it is about
the size of the board.</span>
<div
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<div
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a combined slate of candidates is proposed by the
nominating committee for the two board positions up for
election each year, and the two candidates with the most
votes from the <span
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selected. This sometimes degrades into a popularity
contest. Name recognition plays as big a role as the
qualifications of a candidate in determining who
prevails, potentially leaving the board without
necessary expertise even though the slate may have
included candidates with the necessary <span
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Just adding another position selected by this same
process,<span> selecting the three<span
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with the most votes from the combined slate, </span></span>I
fear will only have a nominal effect on the
composition of the board, and simply result in a larger
board with many of the same issues.</div>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div>In addition to expanding the board, I suggest each
of the three board positions up for election have a
separate slate of<span
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or more candidates each year, instead of the current
process with it's combined slate. This allows the
nominating committee, with advice from the board, to
select candidates with the expertise needed by the
board to compete for a single position and ensure a <span
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the necessary expertise<span
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prevail in the election. I don't think<span
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for each position should be enshrined in the
bylaws, as the needs of the board will change
and evolve over time, but many of the issues
discussed recently should be considered; sector
representation, organization types, etc...</span></span></span></div>
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<div><br>
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Thanks.<br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 10:00
AM, ARIN <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:members@arin.net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">members@arin.net</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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are only receiving this final version.)<br>
<br>
In May 2017, the ARIN Board of Trustees proposed
expansion of the size of the Board of Trustees in
order to increase opportunities for diversity in the
background of Board members, including geographical
and gender representation. This proposal was the
topic of an energetic community consultation with
mixed outcome indicating both support and concerns
with such a change. The ARIN Board considered the
outcome of the consultation, but ultimately the
measure did not achieve the four-fifths approval
threshold necessary for changing ARIN's Bylaws.<br>
<br>
In February of this year, the ARIN Board discussed
an additional issue related to the present size of
the Board: specifically, the challenge that a
smaller Board poses when engaging in strategic
discussions, for example in regard to long-term
direction or relationships with other Internet
organizations. While many of these topics are
discussed with the community prior to decision (e.g.
formation of the NRO, support for the IANA
Stewardship Transition), it is often up to the ARIN
Board of Trustees to decide whether to explore these
initiatives when they are at an early stage. There
is a very wide diversity of the Internet ecosystem
that can be affected by ARIN's strategic direction
and this includes Internet service providers of all
sizes and types (transit, access, etc.), Internet
online and content industries, data center and cloud
operators, educational and government networks,
commercial firms, and civil society. While the
Trustees elected by the community often have a bro<br>
ad knowledge of the Internet ecosystem, seven
Trustees is a relatively small group to evaluate
impacts across the entire Internet ecosystem.<br>
<br>
As a result of this discussion, the ARIN Board
agreed to initiate a new community consultation to
expand the number of elected Board members from six
to nine, in order to allow for wider representation
of the Internet community during Board discussions.<br>
Board proposal:<br>
<br>
ARIN should add three more elected voting seats to
the Board of Trustees, raising the current six (two
elected per year) to nine (three elected per year).
New Board seats are to be added to the Board in a
phased manner - one per year in the 2018 thru 2020
elections as noted below<br>
* October 2018: 3 Board members will be
elected for 2019; 8 Trustee board (9 if the
appointed seat is used)<br>
* October 2019: 3 Board members will be
elected for 2020; 9 Trustee board (10 if the
appointed seat is used)<br>
* October 2020: 3 Board members will be
elected for 2021; 10 Trustee board (11 if the
appointed seat is used)<br>
<br>
The link to the proposed Bylaws amendment necessary
to effect such a change can be viewed at: <a
href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot/20180216/exhibit_e.pdf"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.arin.net/about_us/<wbr>bot/20180216/exhibit_e.pdf</a><br>
<br>
We are seeking community feedback on this proposed
change to the size of the ARIN Board of Trustees.
This consultation will remain open for at least 30
days.<br>
<br>
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<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
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