[arin-ppml] Encouraging public participation in the PDP

[Scott Leibrand]

Bill,

I appreciate the concern: thanks for bringing it up.

The Board is in the process of modifying (and hopefully improving) the  
PDP. What changes would you (or anyone else) recommend to make the  
process more open?

Scott

On May 28, 2010, at 12:59 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:

> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:21 AM, John Springer <springer at inlandnet.com 
> > wrote:
>> This may be starting to be more suitable for arin-discuss, but I'll  
>> leave it
>> here for now.
>
> John,
>
> That's good since the topic is fostering public participation and
> arin-discuss is a members-only list.
>
> This illustrates the problem... no one ever intends to exclude the
> public. They do it carelessly, one questionable choice on top of
> another, until the public stops trying and no insider can understand
> why the outreach efforts aren't working.
>
> That's why in situations where public participation is important for
> success, the impact on public participation has to be considered front
> and center in every decision, even the seemingly trivial ones.
>
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm at ipinc.net>  
> wrote:
>> As I see the ARIN meetings, they should be more of a "rubber stamp"
>> and less of a "discussion" since frankly the proposals SHOULD have
>> been extensively discussed and hashed out ON THE MAILING LIST BEFORE
>> THE MEETING TAKES PLACE.
>
> Ted,
>
> As convenient as I would find that personally, I worry that it would
> exclude a part of the public that offers valuable input into the
> policy process but can't allocate the time it takes to keep up with
> the PPML.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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