I am sorry Bill you're right I meant PP-128. With respect to my communication skills everyone makes a typo. We are 15 volunteers with day jobs and sometimes we make typos. I agree with Bill Darte however, we do send a written reason in the minutes of why a proposal was acted on in a particular way. If you think the process is incomplete please make suggestions via the ARIN suggestion and consultation process. The board is working on a new PDP right now and I am sure they would love your suggestions. I know the ideas floating around in the new PDP discussion include a little working group for each proposal and that might help. <div>
<br></div><div>Thanks again!</div><div>----Cathy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:19 PM, William Herrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us">bill@herrin.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:31 PM, <a href="mailto:cja@daydream.com">cja@daydream.com</a> <<a href="mailto:packetgrrl@gmail.com">packetgrrl@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <br>
> I am sorry you feel that the AC brusquely disposes of policy proposals.<br>
<br>
</div>But you're not sorry for doing it, you're only sorry I feel that way.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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> We actually aren't hasty. We spend a lot of time debating and discussing<br>
<br>
</div>Behind closed doors with, at best, an abbreviated version eventually<br>
appearing in the form of meeting minutes.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> and<br>
> attempting to do the best job we can for the community. We get input from<br>
> proposers, ppml, legal counsel, and ARIN staff. We came to the conclusion<br>
> after much debate and discussion that 2009-8 should not move forward.<br>
<br>
</div>Perhaps you mean proposal 128? It is, after all, communication skills<br>
that I'm complaining about. If you don't adequately explain<br>
yourselves, and how can a brief, generic paragraph that 15 people<br>
grudgingly assent to offer an adequate explanation, then how are the<br>
proposal authors supposed to understand your decisions well enough to<br>
do better with the next attempt? How indeed is the author to believe<br>
that you gave his proposal any care at all?<br>
<div class="im"><br>
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> If you feel strongly that it should then please petition it.<br>
<br>
</div>I have no dog in that fight. My complaint lies where the AC can't find<br>
the time for the -people- that try to participate in the policy<br>
process. It would cost so little for each AC member voting to abandon<br>
to write just one paragraph explaining their own reasons why. Yet it<br>
would make such a difference.<br>
<br>
It's not like I'm asking you to meet a standard I wouldn't have held<br>
myself to had I been the one elected. Just some basic courtesy for the<br>
folks whose efforts you choose to discard.<br>
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<br>
I'm going to shut up now before I beat the topic to death, but I hope<br>
you'll take some of these comments to heart and decide that you can do<br>
better.<br>
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-Bill<br>
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