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I'm in favor of making the voting contacts available to the
campaigns, with an opt out for those who are truly bothered. I
would appreciate hearing from candidates, it might actually
motivate me to research them and actually cast a vote. Whatever we
have now doesn't reach me usefully and I'd basically be picking
candidates based on name familiarity and coin flips otherwise.
Might even be more effective than leaving voicemails on my cell
phone to vote for people I've never heard of.<br>
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-Paul<br>
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On 10/16/2018 03:13 PM, Robby Wright wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Maybe
giving each candidate a single email blast to present
themselves would reduce the mess. Then restrict all other
campaign usage. The campaign materials could be combined
into a smaller number of emails. I have to admit it would be
nice to know who I am voting for.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Robby
Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Chief
Architect and Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Abtech
Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">760-827-5141<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ARIN-discuss <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net"><arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Rick Ewart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 16, 2018 11:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Curran <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net"><jcurran@arin.net></a>; Owen
DeLong <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:owen@delong.com"><owen@delong.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arin-discuss@arin.net">arin-discuss@arin.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [arin-discuss] ARIN Election
Processes and Email Campaigning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi
All.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Seems
to me that just doing a prohibition on using the mailing
list for campaigning purposes would solve the direct issue.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As
to Whois information and such, my 2 cents is that there is
no real need to touch/attack that. That information is
public info that doesn’t have an opt-in/opt-out process and
thus is no different than if some company looked it up to
spam someone for any reason. If a candidate feels it would
help them (some might say it would hurt them), then so be
it.<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">But
then again, I wasn’t upset to begin with so….. :P<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Take
care,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Rick
Ewart, CPA, CISSP, CAMS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ewart
Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">15751
Sheridan St, #160<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ft.
Lauderdale, FL 33331<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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ARIN-discuss [<a
href="mailto:arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">mailto:arin-discuss-bounces@arin.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John Curran<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 16, 2018 2:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Owen DeLong<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:arin-discuss@arin.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">arin-discuss@arin.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [arin-discuss] ARIN Election Processes
and Email Campaigning<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 16 Oct 2018, at 8:06 PM, Owen DeLong
<<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" moz-do-not-send="true">owen@delong.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Perhaps
we should disallow election spam rather than
changing the opt-in/opt-out policy for arin-discuss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Owen - You have perfect timing, as I
was about to send a message to reopen this discussion… <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Folks -<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Last week, while our election was
underway, I sent the following to arin-discuss: "Once
this election is complete, we can then enjoy a
discussion of whether any changes to our Whois terms of
use (or our election processes in general) is warranted
in this regard. "<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I will note that ARIN’s 2018 election
is complete – <a
href="https://www.arin.net/announcements/2018/20181015.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.arin.net/announcements/2018/20181015.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’d like to congratulate all of those
elected, and thank everyone who ran for the ARIN Board,
ARIN AC, or the NRO NC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With this election complete, it’s now
timely to discuss the matter of campaign emails. As
many of you are aware, ARIN is required to provide the
list of organizations that are eligible to vote in each
election, and while we do not include email addresses in
that list, each year we have several folks up for
election who send emails to the electorate asking for
their support. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ARIN’s stance on this has
historically been that those people who receive the
emails asking for support are in the best position to
weigh the merits of each candidate and their email
practices, and thus we do not specifically encourage or
prohibit such communications in the election processes.
Similarly, ARIN’s terms of use for its ARIN Whois
service does not specifically prohibit use of Whois data
for election outreach purposes, and it is apparent that
some candidates are using ARIN Whois to obtain related
email addressed for their campaigning. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It would be good to discuss ARIN’s
current stance on this issue, in order to inform the
ARIN Board in their consideration if any change is
warranted. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">To the end, please comment on the
question: “Should ARIN’s election processes prohibit
bulk campaign email to the electorate, or is the
present approach suitable as-is?”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">/John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">John Curran<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">President and CEO<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">American Registry for Internet
Numbers<o:p></o:p></p>
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