[arin-ppml] ARIN Advisory Council - Policy Engagement Survey Active

Wed Feb 11 13:25:56 EST 2026

Andrew \ Kevin \ Michael -

Appreciate your feedback. This process does not preclude the suggestion of new forms of engagement. Under question 5 there is an “Other” box where you can share any new suggestions you might have and this group is happy to take them.

This survey is the mid-point of this work - the policy engagement workgroup solicited feedback for several months, inclusive of public asks (and a table topic) at ARIN56. The items listed in the survey were considered the most viable ones received after discussion about support, time commitment, and responsibility. The committee is also mindful of their purview - this group can’t dictate staff’s (or the board’s) plans for engagement that they are responsible for undertaking (a good example is revising the mail system platform.) As a result, this list of questions focuses on work the AC itself can undertake and perform.

But - you can 100% include your suggestions in the survey about the things that you feel would be helpful in a broader context. If that is a mail system upgrade, or some other item - then please, we encourage you to include it. It will be heard and shared!

Hope that helps -

Doug

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Agree with Kevin & Andrew.

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On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 10:39:08, Andrew Dul <arin-ppml at arin.net<mailto:arin-ppml at arin.net>> wrote:
I echo Kevin's comments and note that when we updated the PDP in 2023 we specifically updated the PDP to allow for expanded formal community feedback via methods other than the PPML and meetings.

Andrew

2.3.2. Community Action

The Internet Community may participate in evaluating and providing feedback (PPF) on a Draft Policy by participating on the PPML, at a Public Policy Consultation, by providing feedback directly to members of the Advisory Council, or via other recognized methods.

https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/

On 2/10/2026 9:36 PM, Kevin Blumberg wrote:

I appreciate that the AC is asking questions on how to improve engagement.

Unfortunately, the survey seems to omit any new forms of engagement, which seems odd given the goal.

If you’re looking to collaborate in 2026, the lowest common denominator of a mailing list—circa 1990—should be the first thing you look at.

A positive suggestion would be to run a trial of a modern platform alongside a specific policy proposal to see if it improves engagement.

Hoping you receive the feedback you’re looking for….

Kevin

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Hi PPML subscribers and community members,

Please be reminded that the policy engagement working group of the ARIN Advisory Council remains very keen to hear your feedback. The survey - which remains open until February 27 - is meant to allow community members to indicate which methods of engagement are believed to be the most useful to the community.

Blog Post (optional pre-read)

https://www.arin.net/blog/2026/01/28/ac-policy-engagement-survey/

Survey (direct link):

https://arin.net/ACsurvey

Thank you to all those who have already completed the survey, and thank you to those who are prepared to spare a few minutes of their time to do the same.

Best,

Matthew Wilder

Policy Experience Working Group Chair

On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 4:08 AM Douglas Camin <doug at dougcamin.com<mailto:doug at dougcamin.com>> wrote:

Hello PPML Community -

The Advisory Council’s Policy Engagement Work Group recently launched a survey to solicit feedback from the community about your experiences in the policy development process, as well as feedback on specific suggestions for new methods of policy engagement that we have received from the community over the last several months. Since PPML is one of the primary methods for policy engagement activity, we are sharing this information with the community here as well as numerous other channels.

The survey was launched today, and an associated blog post with additional information has been posted to arin.net<http://arin.net/>. The survey will take about 5-7 minutes to complete.

If you would like to read the blog post (includes a link to the survey) look here: https://www.arin.net/blog/2026/01/28/ac-policy-engagement-survey/

If you would like to go directly to the survey to provide your feedback, look here: https://arin.net/ACsurvey

Your feedback is incredibly valuable to the process, and we look forward to hearing from many of you!

Thank you -

Doug

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