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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Nominations are not far into the future.<BR>
I'm willing to nominate you for the AC. Your spirit, insights and diligence are needed.<BR>
Do you accept?<BR>
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bd<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: wherrin@gmail.com on behalf of William Herrin<BR>
Sent: Thu 5/27/2010 1:54 PM<BR>
To: Bill Darte<BR>
Cc: Joe Maimon; Scott Leibrand; arin-ppml@arin.net<BR>
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Advisory Council Meeting Results - May 2010<BR>
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On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Bill Darte <BillD@cait.wustl.edu> wrote:<BR>
> You failed to include the portion of my comment that expressed the concern<BR>
> for community consensus...which is a critical part of any policy and policy<BR>
> evaluation, seems to me.<BR>
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Proposal 112 was widely discussed both on PPML and by the somewhat<BR>
different crowd that shows up at the meeting and we expressed a<BR>
consensus that it should be abandoned?<BR>
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The policy process participants who don't camp PPML even know that<BR>
proposal 112 existed?<BR>
<BR>
Fostering public participation means that you do everything within<BR>
reason to help any member of the public who makes the effort to step<BR>
up move their proposal forward in the process, even when it's obvious<BR>
at the outset that it will ultimately fail. It's not about supporting<BR>
the proposal, it's about supporting the author. Supporting proposal<BR>
authors encourages and includes them in the process, and helps train<BR>
them to do better with their next attempt. If you're not spending the<BR>
majority of your time on the AC engaged in exactly that activity then<BR>
you're doing something wrong. And in the unlikely event that bad<BR>
policy sneaks past wide consensus there are remaining stops in the<BR>
process where the AC can pass any needed judgment.<BR>
<BR>
The sitting AC has some smart and diligent people, but it has done a<BR>
truly shameful job when it comes to fostering public participation.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
Bill Herrin<BR>
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