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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body 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'>Agreed<o:p></o:p></span></p><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"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net [mailto:arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mark Bayliss<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 17, 2013 7:53 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jay Hennigan; arin-discuss@arin.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-discuss] To List Members ARIN Consultation: Changing the VoterEligibility for ARIN Member Organizations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The lack of participation might be similar to that of a typical government elections were people do not vote because they do not like any of the choices. What if we added another choice on the ballet "<b>none of the above</b>". And if "<b>none of the above above</b>" receive over 51 % of the votes. We would have to submit new candidates and have another election. That way the majority of voters would always approve of the winner of the election. <br><br>At 06:47 PM 1/17/2013, Jay Hennigan wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/17/13 8:59 AM, Larry Ash wrote:<br><br>> Agreed the unanticipated consequence is always out there somewhere.<br><br>Also agreed.<br><br>> I would add that there is an assumption that larger vote<br>> percentages are better. I don't necessarily agree. When one chooses not<br>> to vote it can be because he/she trusts the community consensus more than<br>> he/she trusts his/her own judgment at that time. In my way of thinking that<br>> is a proxy to the community and a vote.<br><br>Perhaps add a choice on each ballot of "Abstain" or "Not enough<br>familiarity with issue/candidates to make informed decision", really the<br>same thing. Even this change could cause some issues if enough people<br>actually use it and there are bylaws clauses regarding majority of votes<br>cast, however.<br><br>IMHO, leave it alone. Lack of participation in the election may just be<br>a sign that the "silent majority" is happy.<br><br><br>-- <br>Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - <a href="mailto:jay@impulse.net">jay@impulse.net</a><br>Impulse Advanced Communications - <a href="http://www.impulse.net/">http://www.impulse.net/</a><br>Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV<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.<br><br><br><br><br>=======<br>Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.<br>(Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20970)<br><a href="http://www.pctools.com/">http://www.pctools.com/</a><br>=======<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br>=======<br>Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found.<br>(Email Guard: 9.0.0.2308, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.20970)<br><a href="http://www.pctools.com/?cclick=EmailFooterClean_51">http://www.pctools.com</a><br>=======</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>