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

[DOWELL, JERRY (CTR)]

Why not provide for the admin/dmr for the organization proxy a other person within his/her organization to vote for them on a specific election?

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

Well, I expect voting turnout is low as a lot of people just can't be 
bothered.

A lot of issues that come up are corner cases that don't really affect 
many members, or affect them in a significant way.

I don't see low voter turnout as a problem.

If people don't have an opinion one way or the other, or if an issue 
doesn't affect them that much anyway (or affects them the same way 
regardless of the vote), then why should they vote?

It's like this issue for example. While I have an opinion, if this 
issue was up for a vote, I probably wouldn't bother voting, as I am the 
only member of my organization so it doesn't affect me anyway.

On 2013-01-15 13:31, Jeremy Anthony Kinsey wrote:
> Good question.
> With all the paraphernalia ARIN sends out, from magnets, letters,
> post cards, emails, phone calls, personal visits from ARIN Signing
> Telegrams encouraging voting, it would be useful to know why or how
> voting participation is so dismal.
>
> I'm not a fan of having someone other than an OWNER/ADMIN - someone
> informed actually voting. Its hard enough to effect an opinion of
> reason without it being muddled by those that have no real interest 
> or
> involvement in the process and repercussions of any possible outcome.
>
> On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:00 PM, Jim Dolan Jr <jrdolan at mt-opticom.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> What percentage of the DMRs actually voted? I think this useful and 
>> helpful info in this discussion.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:13 AM, "ARIN" <info at arin.net> wrote:
>>
>>> [arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility 
>>> for ARIN Member Organizations
>>>
>>> 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 [1]
>>>
>>> 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 
>>> [2]
>>>
>>> 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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