[arin-ppml] AC candidates

[Owen DeLong]

> On Oct 26, 2023, at 08:42, Adam Thompson <athompson at merlin.mb.ca> wrote:
> 
> I can't believe I'm taking this position now, but I guess it's 2023 so here we are...
> 
> I don't agree that an IP broker *inherently* has a problematic conflict of interest with ARIN, any more than every ARIN member on the AC has some degree of inherent conflict of interest.  Every AC member is an ARIN member that obtains resources from ARIN, and thus could be tempted to act solely in their own interests.

ARIN membership and/or possession of resources are not inherent requirements to become an AC member. I don’t know if we’ve had AC members that didn’t have resources, we’ve certainly had AC members that were not ARIN members.

Owen