[arin-ppml] AC Candidates (Chris Tacit)

[Leif Sawyer]

>
> From: ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml-bounces at arin.net> On Behalf Of William Herrin
>
>Since that was me, I want to clarify a nuance lest it be missed: 9 of
>the 14 candidates had never posted to PPML except (in a couple cases)
>in their official capacities as members of the AC. Not. Even. Once.
>
>I get that some folks' psyches are not as flame retardant as mine and
>>fault no one for bowing out of the occasionally acrimonious tails of
>some of the debates here, but folks on the AC are supposed to be
>thoroughly engaged with the community and a big part of that community
>is: Right. Here. These nine folks have been missing in action. Because
>they aren't and evidently have never been engaged with this community,
>they aren't IMHO, qualified to assess the community's consensus nor
>well qualified to write policy that serves interests other than the
>ones they're personally familiar with.
>
>The folks I'm talking about, and you know who you are, should really
>do something to cure that lack of engagement.

Bill -  

Currently there is no standing requirement within the AC to "interact" with
members of the PPML.

They do, however, read the messages generated here, and reference them
during our monthly meetings as well as at the face-to-face meetings.

While I can understand that you may personally feel frustrated that you can't
evaluate each AC member based on their public interactions here on the mailing list,
that in itself is in no way indicative of their experience or ability to shepherd policies
in a fair and impartial manner. 

All that said, if you feel strongly that AC members need to post and interact with
the community as part of their duties- as current chair, I can take that under
advisement and look for additional community support for that stance, and then
work with the Board of Trustees and Staff & Legal, prior to addressing any potential changes.

Now, just to be clear, would those be qualitative metrics, or quantitative metrics in determining
whether any particular AC member has interacted on PPML "enough" ?  Because if it's
going to be a requirement, we're going to need some method of validating that they're
meeting the minimums, right?


Thanks,
    Leif Sawyer
    AC Chair


Leif Sawyer
GCI | he/him | Engineer, Network & Systems Delivery Engineering
t: 907-351-1535 | w: www.gci.com