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

[Bob Evans]

I also oppose the change.
bob evans

> 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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