[arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations

[Owen DeLong]

I oppose the change.

It would create ambiguity and a race condition where an organization
would have to apply additional management constraints on who was a
designated POC in order to prevent the possibility of vote tampering.

I would support allowing the admin contact to radio-button the DMR
in the ARIN-ONLINE interface.

Owen

On Jan 15, 2013, at 8:08 AM, ARIN <info at arin.net> wrote:

> ARIN is seeking feedback from its membership about changing voting
> eligibility so that any ARIN web account linked to an Admin and/or Tech
> POC of a Member organization may cast the ballot for the organization's
> one vote in ARIN elections. This change would replace the Designated
> Member Representative (DMR) role in the ARIN elections and allow
> organizations to have more that one eligible voter.  There is no change
> to the one vote per Organization ID rule.
> We are suggesting this change in order to increase participation in ARIN
> elections. This change would:
> 
>    * Allow organizations to have more than one eligible voter, thereby
> increasing the chances that someone would be available to cast a ballot
> 
>    *  Eliminate the need for Members to create and update the DMR POC
> with its specialized email requirements
> 
>     Note: The benefit of allowing more than one individual the ability
> to cast the organization's one vote may in some cases require internal
> coordination to determine who will cast the vote. If a second individual
> attempts to vote, they will receive notification that their organization
> has already voted and they will not be able to cast a ballot.
> 
> ARIN is seeking input from the community regarding this potential
> change, including whether it would be beneficial and if made, whether
> voting eligibility should be provided to Admin POCs or Admin and Tech POCs.
> You can read background on ARIN's existing processes of DMRs at:
> 
> https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/dmr.html
> 
> You can read about ARIN's current Board and Advisory Council Election
> voting process at:
> 
> https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#voting
> 
> Relevant Statistics:
> 
>     89% of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to either
> their Admin or Tech POC handle.
> 
>     85%  of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to their
> Admin POC handle.
> 
>     In the 2012 elections 87% of Member organizations had a DMR that
> was eligible to vote.
> 
> Please provide comments to arin-discuss at arin.net.
> 
> Discussion will close on 12 February 2013. ARIN seeks clear direction
> from its members, so your feedback is important. If you have any
> questions, please contact us at info at arin.net.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Communications and Member Services
> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> 
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