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<div class="">We do not know how many of the 7000 end-users will opt for general membership - I suspect a few end-user participants on this list will do so, and perhaps several hundred more (e.g. 300 to 500) </div>
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<div class="">Of our existing general membership, it is estimated that only about 1200 or so organizations have voted in one of the past three elections. If that is indicative of the 2021 - 2022 - 2023 election period, then in 2024 we would see many of the
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<div class="">2% of 1500 is 30, so that could easily be the 2024 petition threshold absent the “100 minimum” language. Realistically though, all of those who might participate in a petition then would be the same as the community today (or even larger given
the end-users who consciously decide to become general members), and a petition threshold of 124 was satisfied by two candidates in the present election. </div>
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<div class="">Our petition threshold is set as a percentage of general members, so the moment that the general member count becomes reflective of the actively involved community rather than just the count of ISPs in ARIN, then the 2% petition threshold will
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<div class="">Not to mention that if the general membership grows, so does the already-too-high petition requirement, so why include the minimum language?<br class="">
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<div class="">I understand the desire to anticipate lots of new general members, but this is still a change that works in the opposite direction of what is called for.<br class="">
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<div class="">We shouldn't even need a petition process, it's been rarely utilized, and today we have the shining example of two excluded, but qualified Board candidates.<br class="">
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<div class="">I still have yet to hear anybody tell me why the NomCom should have the power to exclude qualified candidates.<br class="">
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<div class="">Nor why the more open and inclusive RIPE method shouldn't be adopted here.<br class="">
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<div class="">We've had multiple people indicate the real historic need for the NomCom is in finding candidates, let them stick to that.<br class="">
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<div class="">Adding larger petition requirements is tone deaf.<br class="">
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<div class="">To be clear, the most recent petition process had a threshold of 124 members (based on 2% of the 6183 eligible general members at election cutoff) – the proposed bylaw language would have had no effect since it simply sets a minimum of 100 for
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<div class="">The reason for inclusion of this language is because we do not know what the long-term general member count will be and felt that a modest floor was a reasonable precaution. While we’re making it possible for more than 7000 end-user organizations
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<div class="">Due to this uncertainty of the long-term general member count, it appeared prudent to provide a minimum for this petition requirement even if never needed. <br class="">
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<div class="">I hope this helps clarify the reasoning behind the proposed text – there was no intent to “make petitions harder” and it would be non-operative language if participation levels continue at present levels.<br class="">
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I oppose the language requiring a minimum of 100 votes for a successful petition and I suggest the number of votes required for a successful petition be lowered significantly, given the paltry number of participants on the ARIN lists and the abbreviated timeframe
for acquiring signatures. We are in a time where the NomCom is being questioned severely, and when not one, but two successful petitions have just completed. That’s two black eyes for the NomCom, why in the world would we be making petitions harder at this
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<p style="margin-top : 0in;" class=""><span class="highlight" style="background-color: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">The
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<span class="highlight" style="background-color: white; margin-top: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">With
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<span class="highlight" style="background-color: white; margin-top: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">The
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<span class="highlight" style="background-color: white; margin-top: 0in; box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51)"><span class="font" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif"><span class="size" style="font-size:12pt">General
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