<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 10, 2022, at 14:14 , Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If you are in fact a contractor doing actual work and not just a troll that has befriended someone at an ISP promising faith to vote in their best interest, then you are working for that company. Contracted personnel are employees.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>The IRS and many other government agencies draw stark distinctions between Contractors and Employees.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>For example:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Employees get a W-2 in January.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Contractors (may) get a 1099 (now of a couple of different possible types) in February.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>There are other distinctions. There are good reasons for these distinctions.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I’m all for eliminating abuse, but “is not employed by” is not a valid definition.</div><div><br class=""></div><div>I would accept “Has no business affiliation with” or “Is not an authorized agent of” or other similar language (Michael can probably</div><div>provide a best recommendation here, as ARIN’s general counsel).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Owen</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">That said. One person voting on behalf of several different companies is not diversity in any leap of the imagination.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Again. No matter what is done here, there will always be gaming. Just looking at changing how this works is gaming.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’m kinda sorry I wasted my time reading this thread and responding at all.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Marla Azinger | SPVR, IP Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">O 585-413-9128 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:marla.azinger@ftr.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">marla.azinger@ftr.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image010.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image010.png></span><span id="cid:image011.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image011.png></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span id="cid:image012.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image012.png></span> <span id="cid:image013.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image013.png></span> <span style="color: rgb(231, 76, 60);" class=""><a href="http://www.frontier.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">www.frontier.com</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 2:01 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">Nope. I have been hired three times in the past to cast an ARIN vote for someone else because they didn’t want to take the time to figure it out.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">I would say that organization experience defines the difference in perspective here: contracting out core functions is 100% normal up here, especially for smaller orgs. So “if they don’t work for the company” is not a valid test for – by my best estimation – at least tens of thousands of companies that will shortly be eligible to vote. If you’ve never worked in that sort of environment, it may seem strange. I can think of several local companies that are ARIN orgs, off the top of my head, that have ZERO employees – only contractors.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class="">Adam Thompson</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class=""><br class="">Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br class=""><span id="cid:image014.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image014.png></span><br class="">100 - 135 Innovation Drive<br class="">Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8<br class="">(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)<br class=""><a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a><br class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.merlin.mb.ca/__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!aC-U4Mi8fjtx00j6-gibiFNIcded-dQ49QX64nAG-g3z6sSEUt91v_fpZWDYVyyF$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.merlin.mb.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-left-color: blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 3:58 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">To identify the abusers you would simply have to look at the list of voters and what ORG ID’s they have control over. If they don’t work for the company they shouldn’t be controlling its votes.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I don’t agree that proxy should exist. And yes it is another form of voter abuse. Clearly, we will not agree on this.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Marla Azinger | SPVR, IP Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">O 585-413-9128 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:marla.azinger@ftr.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">marla.azinger@ftr.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image015.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image015.png></span><span id="cid:image016.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image016.png></span><span id="cid:image017.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image017.png></span> <span id="cid:image018.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image018.png></span> <span style="color: rgb(231, 76, 60);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.frontier.com__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!aC-U4Mi8fjtx00j6-gibiFNIcded-dQ49QX64nAG-g3z6sSEUt91v_fpZTaEb77n$" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">www.frontier.com</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 1:54 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">There are two big reasons: apathy and limited staff time. Most small ISPs simply don’t care about ARIN governance, 99.999% of the time, and don’t have time to learn enough to discover how/what/when/where they should care. ARIN is just a force of nature they have to content with when they need more resources…<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">In general, I don’t agree with you, at least not entirely: if a contractor is voting in the best interests of a client, with the client’s full knowledge, and is doing so for more than one client simultaneously, that’s still 100% legit. Expecting company owners to maintain a PoC and vote is not realistic, at least based on all the company owners I know (with perhaps a lone exception). And there is validation, of sorts: if someone votes against the interests of their client, a) they’re cutting their own throat, albeit indirectly, and b) if it’s discovered, they likely get fired or equivalent.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">So If someone has voting rights for an org that they have no legal/contractual relationship with, then that’s an odd situation. Either it’s “legacy”, i.e. left over from when it was legit, which is very hard to fix in general, or it’s a situation that probably should never have happened in the first place. I’d be happy to see ways to solve those problems… assuming there’s any evidence whatsoever that it’s actually a problem in the first place.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class="">Adam Thompson</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class=""><br class="">Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br class=""><span id="cid:image014.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image014.png></span><br class="">100 - 135 Innovation Drive<br class="">Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8<br class="">(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)<br class=""><a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a><br class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.merlin.mb.ca/__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!eqdKUWFgrdNnlUOh2EI-oFETtgpJtz7T7PmhXF9h3YIx1XAMo5-wLaC2LnrmVsNx$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.merlin.mb.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-left-color: blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 3:01 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If ARIN is looking for people that actually want to be involved to cast the voting and really care, the votes would best be cast by anything other than a proxy.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I find proxy voters don’t always care what the desire of the company is and there is no validation being done they casted votes how the owner of the vote would actually want.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I’m not a fan of proxy this day in age. Proxy to me is a throw back to before online voting occurred. There’s no reason a company cant vote on their own.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Marla Azinger | SPVR, IP Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">O 585-413-9128 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:marla.azinger@ftr.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">marla.azinger@ftr.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image019.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image019.png></span><span id="cid:image020.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image020.png></span><span id="cid:image021.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image021.png></span> <span id="cid:image022.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image022.png></span> <span style="color: rgb(231, 76, 60);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.frontier.com__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!eqdKUWFgrdNnlUOh2EI-oFETtgpJtz7T7PmhXF9h3YIx1XAMo5-wLaC2LofU2RgS$" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">www.frontier.com</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 12:02 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Azinger, Marla <<a href="mailto:Marla.Azinger@FTR.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Marla.Azinger@FTR.com</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">Not sure that’s low-hanging fruit, tbh. Besides MERLIN, I still have voting rights for … 3? local ISPs, who are all aware of that and OK with that. In any other arena, that’s just holding a proxy vote, which is not a big deal.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">What sort of problems have you seen in this area (that I obviously haven’t)?<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class="">Adam Thompson</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class=""><br class="">Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br class=""><span id="cid:image014.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image014.png></span><br class="">100 - 135 Innovation Drive<br class="">Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8<br class="">(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)<br class=""><a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a><br class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.merlin.mb.ca/__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!c2ZEjGLTpLzzB0NcqRhddq0ebLp4mUbzhD5ajlW6BmGWGO6t7IJUsP104NmK_RnB$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.merlin.mb.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-left-color: blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN-consult <<a href="mailto:arin-consult-bounces@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult-bounces@arin.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Azinger, Marla<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 1:53 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:andrew.dul@quark.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">andrew.dul@quark.net</a>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">All of this is gaming no matter how you slice it.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Silly me. I looked at the title and thought efforts were under way to stop one person from casting votes for companies they don’t actually work for but I didn’t read that in the write up. I would have thought we’d start there… if anything needs modification…<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Marla Azinger | SPVR, IP Management<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">O 585-413-9128 |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:marla.azinger@ftr.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">marla.azinger@ftr.com</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span id="cid:image015.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image015.png></span><span id="cid:image016.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image016.png></span><span id="cid:image017.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image017.png></span> <span id="cid:image018.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image018.png></span> <span style="color: rgb(231, 76, 60);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.frontier.com__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!c2ZEjGLTpLzzB0NcqRhddq0ebLp4mUbzhD5ajlW6BmGWGO6t7IJUsP104CKB559o$" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">www.frontier.com</span></a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN-consult <<a href="mailto:arin-consult-bounces@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult-bounces@arin.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Andrew Dul<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, January 10, 2022 11:40 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: red;" class="">WARNING:</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><b class=""><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">External email. Please verify sender before opening attachments or clicking on links.</span></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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? <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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...<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Andrew<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On 1/7/2022 10:31 AM, Peter Harrison wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Adam,<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Peter<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 10:03 AM Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin: 5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class="">Adam Thompson</span></b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(68, 84, 106); background-color: white;" class=""><br class="">Consultant, Infrastructure Services<br class=""><span id="cid:image014.png@01D8062C.6D75BD30"><image014.png></span><br class="">100 - 135 Innovation Drive<br class="">Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8<br class="">(204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only)<br class=""><a href="mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">athompson@merlin.mb.ca</a><br class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.merlin.mb.ca/__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!ZZ9nY7Iqm8q8pZkxsQXDwXKKBYnBxxrhgUQsk72I0lQSknZQozPO16VzGTEuxAE9$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.merlin.mb.ca</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1.5pt; border-left-color: blue; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN-consult <<a href="mailto:arin-consult-bounces@arin.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult-bounces@arin.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Peter Harrison<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, January 7, 2022 11:53 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections<span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">Dear Community,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">With STV there are many ways to re-allocate votes, and new ones may be invented. The videos presented previously illustrated one method. </span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">This link explains some of the options:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting*Comparison_of_ranked_voting_methods__;Iw!!M2UytebrhrTR!ZZ9nY7Iqm8q8pZkxsQXDwXKKBYnBxxrhgUQsk72I0lQSknZQozPO16VzGa2rUE66$" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked_voting#Comparison_of_ranked_voting_methods</a></span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">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><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you for your feedback.</span><span lang="EN-CA" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" class="">Peter<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">_______________________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">ARIN-Consult<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Consult Mailing<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ARIN-consult@arin.net</a>).<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult__;!!M2UytebrhrTR!ZZ9nY7Iqm8q8pZkxsQXDwXKKBYnBxxrhgUQsk72I0lQSknZQozPO16VzGbGFSPIU$" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult</a> Please contact the ARIN Member Services<o:p class=""></o:p></pre><pre style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New";" class="">Help Desk at <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.<o:p class=""></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: gray;" class=""><br class="">This communication is confidential. 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