[arin-ppml] AC structure (was AC candidates)

[John Curran]

On Aug 15, 2024, at 11:56 AM, Fernando Frediani <fhfrediani at gmail.com> wrote:
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So you don't consider the possibility of having community elected members - those who make decisions - as fair representation ? You believe that simply giving community voice is enough ?

Fernando -

I am having trouble following you and believe we may have moved into two (or three) separate topics.   If you are asking whether or not I believe an RIR governing body can be elected by its membership (rather than some larger group called the “community”), then the answer to that is certainly yes.

Do you consider that a decision power in the hands of membership and just hearing what community people has to say but keeping the decision with a more narrow number of selected people is Ok and accessible to all interested parties ? Community, on your understanding, is already well represented by giving them voice only  or be candidates (but chosen by membership) ? Correct me if I misunderstand it.

If you are referring specifically to a region’s policy development process for number resource management policies, then the requirements are quite clear.

Per ICP-2 -

3) Bottom-up self-governance structure for setting local policies

The new RIR needs to have and to clearly document defined procedures for the development of resource management policies which may be implemented regionally, as well as those that may be recommended to the Address Council for consideration as global policies. These procedures must be open and transparent, be accessible to all interested parties, and ensure fair representation of all constituencies within the region.

These procedures should include holding at least one annual policy development meeting that is open and accessible to all interested parties.

In addition to public meetings, the new RIR needs to maintain public archived mailing lists to discuss policy development.

Further, the new RIR should have the capability to undertake its responsibility to host an Address Council General Assembly Meeting, as described in section 5 of the ASO MoU.

All interested parties must be must have access to a process which is open and transparent and ensures fair representation of all constituencies within the region.

There is nothing that precludes or constrains an RIR from having involvement of their governing board, an advisory council, or any other body in those processes (and in fact, it recognizes that some policies will explicitly have another body - the Address Council) so long as it does not adversely impact the open/transoparent/accessible nature of the process.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

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