[arin-discuss] Legacy RSA

[Dean Anderson]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> 
> I don't think your going to get anywhere with the Nanog/ARIN joint
> meetings.

Well, we are not without remedies. Let me outline those:

Under the ARIN bylaws, Board Members can be recalled by a vote of the
membership. Although 2 Board Members were just elected, I think that the
members were probably not aware of all the facts. However, the Board
Members were aware of these facts.  So, I propose a recall vote for the
following Board Members:

	John Curran
	Bill Manning
	Bill Woodcock
	Paul Vixie

That vote will either succeed or fail. If it succeeds, we are in the
majority, and 4 new board members will be selected that don't have ties
to Nanog/Curran/Manning/Woodcock/Vixie/ et al.

If the vote fails, then we are in the minority. Minority members still
have rights.  Among those rights are the right to file a derivative
lawsuit on behalf of ARIN against the Board Members and ARIN Management.  
For example, members have the right to obtain a full accounting of the
benefits transferred from ARIN to Nanog and Board Member cronies, as
well as investigate the Cohen/Kremen affair.  We have the right to
challenge the classification and justification of expenses (this is how
affairs like Enron/Worldcom came to light).  We have the right to obtain
restitution of improperly transferred benefits. There are other rights,
too.

> As for the rest of it, it is I think a perfectly legitimate question
> to ask what kind of tracking that is being done on the contacts at
> these trade shows.  I ASSUME that someone at the ARIN booth is
> recording the names and positions of people who stop by and get the
> ARIN dog-and-pony show. Or that they are asking for business cards.  
> I would prefer that a determination of whether the trip was worthwhile
> or not was made after review of this info and I would hope that a
> summary report of every trade show that was attended would be
> available for review by the membership.

I agree, the first step is a full accounting and an investigation. I
suppose the Board is already contemplating the need for independent
outside counsel to oversee this investigation, or will be shortly.

		--Dean

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