[arin-ppml] Nomcom rejection explanatory letter

[Mike Burns]

I'm not sure I even get the point why it was written and sent, as there was no requirement for explanation.

Why would even one, much less two or three people think it was a good idea?








---- On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:34:25 -0500 Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote ----





On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 17:25 Jay Hennigan <mailto:jay at impulse.net> wrote:

On 11/4/21 10:47, John Curran wrote:
 > Patrick -
 > 
 > To be clear, this was the statement as prepared by Catherine Middleton, 
 > in her role as Chair of this year’s Nomination Committee.   The relevant 
 > portion of the ARIN Election Process is attached for reference.
 
 [snip]
 
 >  1.
 >     In consultation with ARIN’s GC, the NomCom Chair may prepare an
 >     explanatory statement of the relevant factors regarding a nominee
 >     not included on an election slate.
 
 Note: "In consultation with ARIN’s GC...."
 
 [snip]
 
 >> On 4 Nov 2021, at 11:53 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <mailto:patrick at ianai.net 
 >> <mailto:mailto:patrick at ianai.net>> wrote:
 >>
 >> Sounds to me like a lawyer wrote it, not a member of the NomCom.
 >>
 >> Which implies the NomCom was not allowed to answer.
 
 Yep. This pretty much confirms that Patrick was right.




“Prepared  by” is also not “written by”. I’d feel ok with a guess  by the style that John did a fair amount of editing too. 



$0.02



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