[arin-ppml] Advisory Council Meeting Results - May 2010

[Bill Darte]

Bill,

We ALL know of this problem.  There are extensive outreach efforts
underway in which ARIN staff and AC representatives attend large
conferences of stakeholders and where the participation is NOT passive,
but rather active in outreach efforts...i.e. visiting other booths
rather that waiting for passers-by.  ARIN Membership has done a
wonderful job at creating materials which are available on the website
and are distributed at every occasion.
 
What efforts do you recommend to increase stakeholder awareness and
participation?  Come with solutions along with your criticism.  No-one
lacks interest in the solution to this problem. There is no lack of
energy to do so.  Perhaps there is a lack of vision.....provide it!

You needn't wait until you're serving on the AC....do it now.  If you
get half of everyone you know to regularly participate in the ppml or
attend future PP meetings, you would have increase participation
significantly.  You'll find that motivating that kind of involvement
takes outreach, but it also takes producing messages which motivate
through resonance with invidivual values and interests.  

We ALL know how to do this.  But it is NOT as easy as criticizing the
lack of it.

bd



> -----Original Message-----
> From: arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net 
> [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net] On Behalf Of William Herrin
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 6:00 AM
> To: John Springer
> Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Advisory Council Meeting Results - May 2010
> 
> 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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