[arin-ppml] Board Election Petition underway

[scott at solarnetone.org]

or we can do everything possible to keep the foxes from robbing the 
henhouse.  ymmv.

On Sat, 9 Oct 2021, Scott Leibrand wrote:

> In light of the public and private responses I’ve gotten to this question,
> it seems that the obvious explanations are considered far more credible than
> any innocent ones (of which none have been forthcoming this far).
> I would encourage everyone to support these petitions, to solicit
> candidates’ opinions on the matter of candidate selection, and then vote for
> candidates willing to publicly advocate for candidate selection reform at
> ARIN. Whether or not the process is currently undergoing capture, it
> certainly appears to lack the transparency needed to avoid it. 
> 
> Scott
>
>       On Oct 9, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>
>       There were apparently at least 5 candidates. There are 2 open
>       board seats.
> The nom-com approved only 3 candidates, hence my complaint.
> 
> There are 7 open advisory council seats. I did not count the
> nomination list size, but I assure you it was well short of 14.
> 
> Owen
> 
>
>       On Oct 9, 2021, at 17:30 , Steven Ryerse
>       <SRyerse at eclipse-networks.com> wrote:
> 
> If there are enough candidates there ought to be at least 2 for
> each seat and more than 2 is also good too. 
>  
>  
> Steven Ryerse
> President
>  
> sryerse at eclipse-networks.com | C: 770.656.1460
> 100 Ashford Center North | Suite 110 | Atlanta, Georgia 30338
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> From: ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net> On Behalf Of Mike
> Burns
> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 4:45 PM
> To: Scott Leibrand <scottleibrand at gmail.com>
> Cc: arin-ppml <arin-ppml at arin.net>
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Board Election Petition underway
>  
> I was rejected for an Advisory Council candidacy even though I
> was a candidate in the past and am a policy author in multiple
> registries.
> Another broker was likewise rejected.
> There are 7 AC openings, only 10 candidates, but I was rejected.
> I know another broker who was, like me, solicited to run but
> then denied a candidacy.
> The NomCom is comprised of four insiders, two volunteers, and
> operates in the dark.
> Not saying this is the case, but very few likeminded individuals
> on the AC/Board can effectively capture these via NomCom
> filtering.
> A dangerous thing for Internet governance in the context of
> Afrinic. I don't want the governments of the world taking over
> from the amateurs.
> But if we continue to act amateurish...
>  
>  
> Regards,
> Mike
>  
>  
>  
> ---- On Sat, 09 Oct 2021 11:58:00 -0400 Scott Leibrand
> <scottleibrand at gmail.com> wrote ----
>  
>       Has ARIN disclosed anything about why the NomCom
>       chose to exclude two obviously-qualified candidates
>       from the ballot when they didn’t yet have 2
>       candidates per open seat, and the 3 candidates they
>       did include are all less well-known to the community
>       than both the ones they excluded?
>
>       I can hypothesize some possible reasons, but none of
>       them would reflect well on the NomCom, so I am
>       reluctant to do so without learning their stated
>       reason(s). 
>
>       Scott
>
>       > On Oct 9, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Bill Woodcock
>       <woody at pch.net> wrote:
>       > 
>       > 
>       >> On Oct 9, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Martin Hannigan
>       <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
>       >> There's a petition for two people to be added to
>       the Trustee ballot after being rejected by the nom
>       com.
>       > 
>       > Yes! Go vote on the petitions, so you’ll have more
>       than three choices to fill the two open board seats,
>       when the election comes. Give yourself more options.
>       > 
>       > -Bill
>       > 
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