[arin-discuss] A statement following ARIN XXV

[Steve Bertrand]

Hi all,

My plan is to recollect my thoughts tonight while they are still fresh in
my mind and write them down for later, so, I won't go into much detail
here.

Normally, when I make a public statement, I try really hard not to think
about it too much in advance. However, I did miss out on one *very* key
point while making my appreciation statement, and after a little thought,
I felt that the community needs to hear the extension to what I said
during the open mike portion of today's session. So, officially:

I want to thank Marla Azinger (Frontier Communications), a member of the
AC, who was my mentor.

Marla was incredibly informative and helpful throughout the meeting, and I
feel that she was instrumental to me all the way throughout.

She was constantly feeding me information, and was able to answer every
question that I had to a degree that I understood, and more importantly,
felt comfortable with.

As I've already said, I don't want to get into too much detail here, but I
will say this...

Marla showed me by example that it is ok to speak against the grain no
matter what, and to voice one's opinion no matter who is looking at you.

Proof is in the pudding... I voted in contrast to her in at least a couple
of proposals, and she didn't sick her hubby on me, nor did she blow me up
with her M203 ;)

Cheers, and Marla, thank you ever so much,

Steve