<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=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks Nancy. Looks like the existing controls are fine. It would have been nice to have "additional constraints on the nomcom as expressed in the bylaws remain unchanged" in the consultation, but we can't hope to be truly exhaustive on such things.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-r</div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 12, 2022, at 12:52 PM, Adam Thompson <<a href="mailto:athompso@athompso.net" class="">athompso@athompso.net</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; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">That counts as “somewhere”, thank you for pointing out exactly where. The existing protections seem adequate to me.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></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; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN-consult <<a href="mailto:arin-consult-bounces@arin.net" 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>Nancy Carter<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, February 12, 2022 11:12 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:arin-consult@arin.net" class="">arin-consult@arin.net</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [ARIN-consult] ACSP Consultation 2022.2: Consultation on Elections and the Nomination Process<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><p class="">Thank you Rob and Adam,<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">We very much appreciate your comments.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">The particular topic that you have addressed today was not included in the Consultation because that scenario is precluded by both the ARIN bylaws<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/bylaws/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Bylaws - American Registry for Internet Numbers (arin.net)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(see Article VI), and Conflicts of Interest:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/conflicts/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Conflicts of Interest - American Registry for Internet Numbers (arin.net)</a>.<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">I hope that helps...<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class="">Nancy<o:p class=""></o:p></p><p class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On 02/12/2022 11:17 a.m., Adam Thompson wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">I would go the other way, where NomCom simply may not be considered. Otherwise you could easily have a year where suddenly there is no NomCom!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Didn't notice it because I just assumed it was somewhere, quite insane if that's not addressed somewhere.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">-Adam<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Get<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">Outlook for Android</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center" class=""></div><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="" class="">From:</span></b><span style="" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN-consult<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><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>on behalf of Rob Seastrom<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:rs@seastrom.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><rs@seastrom.com></a><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, February 12, 2022 10:10:27 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ARIN<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><info@arin.net></a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</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><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] ACSP Consultation 2022.2: Consultation on Elections and the Nomination Process</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">While there is an obvious conflict of interest in serving on the nomcom contemporaneous with being nominated for election or re-election, I didn't see anything to address that in either the consultation or the FAQ. Am I overdue for an eye exam?<br class=""><br class="">This problem didn't seem to exist in the past with the nomcom being selected ad-hoc for each election cycle, but the two year staggered terms creates an opportunity for difficulties. Something as simple as "a submitted and acknowledged/confirmed nomination of a serving nomcom member for any position within the scope of the nomcom's search will constitute resignation from the nomcom" ought to suffice.<br class=""><br class="">Thoughts?<br class=""><br class="">-r<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">ARIN-Consult<br class="">You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Consult Mailing<br class="">List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-consult@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ARIN-consult@arin.net</a>).<br class="">Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br class=""><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please contact the ARIN Member Services<br class="">Help Desk at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; 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