[arin-discuss] Proxy support

[Steve Bertrand]

Scott Leibrand wrote:
> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>> Steve Bertrand wrote:
>>
>>  
>>> Because I have grown faith and trust in this person over the months in
>>> regards to a certain proposal, I would like to attach to them a +1 (if
>>> you please) to however they vote on the proposal.
>>>
>>> I'm sure this isn't allowed, but I thought I'd ask. Do ARIN politics
>>> allow for such a thing?
>>>     
>>
>> Or perhaps rephrased (during the sleepless hours I'm facing due to the
>> influx of ARIN/NANOG info all at once ;) ...
>>
>> Can ARIN legal, under current mandate, _prevent_ a member from acting as
>> a proxy vote-holder?
> 
> There are two types of "voting".  There is electronic voting for Board
> and AC members, where each DMR logs in and votes online.  You can
> obviously "get help" with that voting from whomever you wish, and you
> have about a week to do so.
> 
> But I think you're referring to the "shows of hands" (aka "votes") at
> the Public Policy Meeting.  Those are non-binding, informational polls
> taken for the benefit of the AC of all the participants in the room and
> participating remotely online.  There's no need to be a member to
> participate, but on the other hand there's no way for one person's
> participation to count for more than anyone else's.
> 
> So, I don't think proxy voting really applies in the ARIN context.  All
> binding votes are done online, and for policy stuff, they just do a
> non-binding show of hands (plus remote participants).

Ok, thanks Scott.

You understood completely what I was after (the non-binding 'show of
hands' for policy stuff).

Thanks for the clarification.

Steve