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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word;-webkit-nbsp-mode: space;line-break:after-white-space'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Returning misdirected mail to the discussion thread.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>John Curran <jcurran@arin.net><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 2:10 PM<br><b>To: </b>John Comfort <john@comfortconsulting.com><br><b>Cc: </b>ARIN <info@arin.net><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Term Limits for the ARIN Board of Trustees<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1 Dec 2021, at 1:51 PM, John Comfort via ARIN-consult <<a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net">arin-consult@arin.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>John Comfort <<a href="mailto:john@comfortconsulting.com">john@comfortconsulting.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Subject: Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Term Limits for the ARIN Board of Trustees</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>1 December 2021 at 1:51:54 PM EST</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>To: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Cc: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>"<a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net">arin-consult@arin.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net">arin-consult@arin.net</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is this merely a rehash of the "Consultation on Increasing the size of the ARIN Board of Trustees" discussion on implementing politicized "Diversity"?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is the Board unanimous on this issue? If not, what are the dissenting opinions?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Who is the independent consultant/consulting agency ARIN hired for this endeavor? What were their objectives specifically?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John -<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>The consultation that is now underway is specifically regarding the implementation of Term Limits for the ARIN Board of Trustees. At present, the Board has reviewed the proposal to add term limits and approved having a consultation with the community oil this topic so as to gather community input – as this will help inform the Board of Trustees with their future consideration of the proposed change and potential adoption. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The firm hired to conduct the overall ARIN governance review was Baker Tilly and the review centered on best practices in not-for-profit governance and ARIN’s existing practices. Baker Tilly was selected as a result of a competitive process whereby ARIN issued an RFP and five responses were received that were deemed competitive and of high quality (as noted in the Board minutes for 29 July 2020 <a href="https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/meetings/2020_0729/">https://www.arin.net/about/welcome/board/meetings/2020_0729/</a>)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hope this information help in your consideration of the proposed change to implement Term Limits for the ARIN Board of Trustees. If you have specific views that you can share in support or in opposition of the proposed change to add term limits as detailed in the consultation, that would be most excellent.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>/John<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John Curran<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>President and CEO<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>American Registry for Internet Numbers<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>