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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>UNSUBSCRIBE<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ARIN<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jim Dolan Jr<br><b>Cc:</b> arin-discuss@arin.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-discuss] ARIN Consultation: Changing the Voter Eligibility for ARIN Member Organizations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jim,<br><br>Here are the number of dmrs who voted in the last couple of elections: <br><br>In 2012 - <br>3,735 Eligible voters* as of 10 October 2012<br>*ARIN members in good standing with properly registered Designated Member Representatives on record 25 August 2012 <br>386 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Board of Trustees election. (10.334%)<br>393 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Advisory Council election. (10.522%)<br><br>In 2011 -<br>3,262 Eligible voters* as of 27 September 2011<br>*ARIN members in good standing with properly registered Designated Member Representatives on record 1 January 2011 <br>463 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Board of Trustees election. (13.366%)<br>487 unique member organizations cast a ballot in the Advisory Council election. (14.929%)<br><br>Election voter information is available through announcements on the ARIN website:<br><br><a href="https://www.arin.net/announcements/2012/20121109.html">https://www.arin.net/announcements/2012/20121109.html</a><br><a href="https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20111028_election.html">https://www.arin.net/announcements/2011/20111028_election.html</a><br><br>Regards,<br><br>Susan Hamlin<br>Director, Communications and Member Services<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br><br>On 1/15/13 2:00 PM, Jim Dolan Jr wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>What percentage of the DMRs actually voted? I think this useful and helpful info in this discussion. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jim<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Jan 15, 2013, at 9:13 AM, "ARIN" <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ARIN is seeking feedback from its membership about changing voting<br>eligibility so that any ARIN web account linked to an Admin and/or Tech<br>POC of a Member organization may cast the ballot for the organization's<br>one vote in ARIN elections. This change would replace the Designated<br>Member Representative (DMR) role in the ARIN elections and allow<br>organizations to have more that one eligible voter. There is no change<br>to the one vote per Organization ID rule.<br>We are suggesting this change in order to increase participation in ARIN<br>elections. This change would:<br><br> * Allow organizations to have more than one eligible voter, thereby<br>increasing the chances that someone would be available to cast a ballot<br><br> * Eliminate the need for Members to create and update the DMR POC<br>with its specialized email requirements<br><br> Note: The benefit of allowing more than one individual the ability<br>to cast the organization's one vote may in some cases require internal<br>coordination to determine who will cast the vote. If a second individual<br>attempts to vote, they will receive notification that their organization<br>has already voted and they will not be able to cast a ballot.<br><br>ARIN is seeking input from the community regarding this potential<br>change, including whether it would be beneficial and if made, whether<br>voting eligibility should be provided to Admin POCs or Admin and Tech POCs.<br>You can read background on ARIN's existing processes of DMRs at:<br><br><a href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/dmr.html">https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/dmr.html</a><br><br>You can read about ARIN's current Board and Advisory Council Election<br>voting process at:<br><br><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#voting">https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#voting</a><br><br>Relevant Statistics:<br><br> 89% of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to either<br>their Admin or Tech POC handle.<br><br> 85% of ARIN Members currently have a web account linked to their<br>Admin POC handle.<br><br> In the 2012 elections 87% of Member organizations had a DMR that<br>was eligible to vote.<br><br>Please provide comments to <a href="mailto:arin-discuss@arin.net">arin-discuss@arin.net</a>.<br><br>Discussion will close on 12 February 2013. ARIN seeks clear direction<br>from its members, so your feedback is important. If you have any<br>questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a>.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Communications and Member Services<br>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-Discuss<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Discussion Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-discuss@arin.net">ARIN-discuss@arin.net</a>).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br><a href="http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-discuss">http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-discuss</a><br>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ARIN-Discuss<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the ARIN Discussion Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-discuss@arin.net">ARIN-discuss@arin.net</a>).<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-discuss">http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-discuss</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues.<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>