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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Perhaps a simple question, but "how"
will the current board insure that future board(s) do not
capriciously change the election mechanisms in the future? <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Making the changes to the "election
process" subject to a majority vote of the membership and having
that right inserted into the bylaws might be one method...<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/2022 10:31 AM, Peter Harrison
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<div dir="ltr">As stated before, it is the Board's fiduciary
responsibility to ensure that a change of this magnitude is
equitable and not vulnerable to capricious change. We will act
appropriately based on this feedback.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Peter, I don’t have a problem
with STV. I do have a problem with the board having
the latitude – unfettered – to keep changing voting
systems without further bylaw amendments. The type
of voting structure, particularly when deviating
from the norm that’s baked into Virginia law, should
then be baked into the bylaws so that it can’t
change in the middle of the night, perhaps even
during an election.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Do I trust the current board
to not pull stuff like that? Yeah, probably, I
think... (In fact, can I even name the current
board members? No. But that’s a different
problem.) Am I willing to blindly trust every
future board that might exist? Absolutely not.
I’ve seen how boards can be co-opted, infiltrated,
and/or “turned to the dark side” (so to speak)
elsewhere.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>As far as the consultation’s
goal to determine whether STV is OK or not? Yes, it
is good. This is an excellent move overall.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>-Adam</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> ARIN-consult <<a
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Harrison<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 7, 2022 11:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ARIN-consult]
Consultation on Implementing Single
Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Community,</p>
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style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">With STV there are many
ways to re-allocate votes, and new ones may be
invented. The videos presented previously
illustrated one method. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This
link explains some of the options:
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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting#Comparison_of_ranked_voting_methods"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting#Comparison_of_ranked_voting_methods</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">We
will need to balance the range of options with
those provided by current and future vendors
of ARIN’s voting systems. Investigations are
being made by staff and they will make
recommendations to the board based on their
research into our needs, best practices,
practicability, relative merit, legal
implications and systems availability. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The
purpose of the consultation is to get a sense
of whether this is a good idea overall. The
board will work hard to ensure that we are
working in the best interest of the members
and the region they serve when evaluating the
choices presented.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">As
John explained, the bylaw modification was
made to accommodate multiple forms of voting
that may be required in future. The concern
that this could lead to opportunistic changes
to systems each election cycle is sound. We
will investigate ways to ensure this does not
happen with possible bylaw wording to meet
these and other goals.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The
Governance Working Group has worked very
closely with both the executive team and staff
on this consultation. Their support for a
workable solution and concern for the
membership has been evident every step of the
way. These consultations are the result of
over two years of research and were not taken
lightly. We will continue to work to maintain
this excellent collaboration.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span
style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thank
you for your feedback.</span></p>
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