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      I'm having a hard time reconciling what is going on here. <br>
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      The idea of effectively pre-approving candidate messaging feels to
      me like the proposed cure is worse then the disease. Who will
      approve these? And when a video isn't approved what stops that
      person from publishing it on youtube anyway? (Each candidate gets
      a link to a webpage currently). And what if they instead just
      encourage people to visit a link where said endorsement is made?
      Or if they are wearing a T-Shirt with the other candidate?  A
      picture of the other candidate on their desk? Will all those be
      blocked?<br>
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      We also seem to encourage the idea of third party endorsements.
      There is an entire section dedicated in the election website to
      that purpose. <br>
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      I'm also uncomfortable with the concept of "severe penalties". It
      am gathering from the comments that Bernadette did not solicit
      Owen's endorsement. Would the penalty be against Owen? Bernadette?
      Again -- this all starts to get ugly quick.<br>
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      Is the cleaner solution that if your offended by what a candidate
      just don't vote for them?<br>
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      And are we going to get into all the other ways people try and
      rally votes? Facebook? Twitter? Direct Emailing? I think if we're
      going to start putting policies around this we need to look at the
      whole picture and not just one aspect of it.<br>
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      Cheers,<br>
      <br>
      Paul<br>
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      (Full Disclosure: Two elections ago there was a rash of this
      happening during the BoT speeches of which I was a candidate. I'm
      pretty sure somebody endorsed me - but others endorsed candidates
      who were not me. I thought it was strange but was not upset by
      it).<br>
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      On 6/5/2014 10:52 AM, Bill Sandiford wrote:<br>
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      <div>I was a candidate one of the years that this occurred.  It
        was very upsetting.  I believe a good set of rules, with severe
        penalties if broken, is sufficient to ensure this doesn’t happen
        again.  A prohibition on speeches seems excessive to me.</div>
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      <div>Bill</div>
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          <div>On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:45 AM, CJ Aronson <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cja@daydream.com">cja@daydream.com</a>>
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            <div dir="ltr">It has been brought to my attention that this
              has happened more than once.  My mistake.  The more reason
              that there should be guidelines for candidate speeches.  I
              still think taking them away completely is extreme.
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              <div>Thanks!</div>
              <div>----Cathy</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:38 PM,
                  CJ Aronson <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cja@daydream.com" target="_blank">cja@daydream.com</a>></span>
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                    <div dir="ltr">Wow I agree with Owen.  I believe
                      that in person speeches are useful and give the
                      community a chance to get to know the candidates.
                       Everyone who is willing to run for election
                      should be told the rules.  in the whole history of
                      ARIN this issue has appeared in one election and I
                      feel that if the candidates are told the rules
                      there will be no further problems. 
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                      <div>Thanks!</div>
                      <div>----Cathy<br>
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                              <div class="h5">On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at
                                6:04 PM, Owen DeLong <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>></span>
                                wrote:<br>
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                                      <div style="word-wrap:break-word">I
                                        oppose the implementation of
                                        this suggestion.
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                                        <div>No rule prohibiting what
                                          Paul and I did existed prior
                                          to our doing it. I don’t see
                                          any way in which it impacted
                                          the integrity of the election
                                          process.</div>
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                                        <div>However, it has been made
                                          clear that such conduct is not
                                          desired and I see no reason
                                          that simply making that fact
                                          known is not sufficient. Going
                                          to written-only or
                                          pre-fabricated speeches is an
                                          unnecessary overreaction,
                                          IMHO.</div>
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                                        <div>Owen</div>
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                                            <div>On Jun 4, 2014, at 9:04
                                              AM, ARIN <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>>
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                                                  new suggestion was
                                                  received through the
                                                  ACSP, and was assigned
                                                  number<span> <span> </span></span>2014.10
                                                  upon receipt of
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                                                  With election time
                                                  starting to be on the
                                                  horizon again, it's
                                                  time for ARIN to
                                                  address the events of
                                                  October in Phoenix,
                                                  where an outgoing
                                                  Board member hijacked
                                                  the agenda to stump
                                                  for his preferred
                                                  board candidates, and
                                                  an AC candidate used
                                                  his speech time to
                                                  endorse others.<br>
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                                                  I think that for the
                                                  integrity of the ARIN
                                                  election process to
                                                  remain intact, ARIN
                                                  either needs to remove
                                                  candidate speeches and
                                                  stick to written
                                                  materials, or have the
                                                  speeches given in
                                                  premade form like a
                                                  video or something on
                                                  the ARIN website.</div>
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