[arin-ppml] Timeline for 2008-6 and 2009-1

[Chris Grundemann]

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 19:29, John Curran <jcurran at istaff.org> wrote:
> On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:55 PM, William Herrin wrote:
>>
>> The board members are ARIN's conservators, charged with dotting the
>> i's, crossing the t's and, in exceptional cases, endeavoring to
>> prevent the community's will from being thwarted by errors in the
>> process.
>

> Implementation of 2008-6 verbatim would have represented
> such a situation, as there was a significant legal issue in the
> final proposed text.  In order to avoid a protracted delay, the
> Board attempted to fix this expeditiously by exercising the
> emergency policy process.

I can not say I have read every email on this subject yet but I have
read most and I have not seen any explanation of what this significant
legal issue is and why it could not have been pointed out at the
meeting in LA.  John, can you elaborate (at least on the first point)?

~Chris


> The result of the Board using the emergency PDP at all, when
> combined with its making multiple changes rather than the
> bare minimum necessary has resulted in a justifiably agitated
> community.  It probably didn't help matters that many in the
> community hadn't noticed that the AC had recommended 2008-6
> to the Board for adoption and hence it appeared the emergency
> process was being used by the Board to independently create
> a transfer policy...
>
> The extension of the 2009-1 discussion period to the Public Policy
> meeting in San Antonio ensures that the changes can receive
> appropriate consideration.
>
> /John
> John Curran
> Chair, ARIN Board of Trustees
>
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