<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Speaking only for myself as one of the often more controversial members of the AC, I will say that I have been pleasantly surprised<div>each time I have been re-elected. While I do vote for myself when applicable, I only have the ability to cast 3 votes as I am the DMR for</div><div>three organizations, all ISPs, two of which are pretty small. As such, I think it is pretty hard to make the case for self-perpetuation.</div><div><br></div><div>The number resources I hold do not have voting rights as I have chosen not to pay an additional $500 for that privilege. Personally, I think it is a travesty that non-ISP resource holders do not get voting rights without paying an additional fee. I have brought this up many times, but it hasn’t gone anywhere.</div><div><br></div><div>At the risk of sounding self-serving, I oppose term limits for the same reasons already articulated by Paul.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><div><div><div>On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Martin Hannigan <<a href="mailto:hannigan@gmail.com">hannigan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Paul Timmins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ptimmins@clearrate.com" target="_blank">ptimmins@clearrate.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div style="direction:ltr;font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma">I have concerns that forcing people out of a position where people repeatedly vote for them is undemocratic,<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Paul,<br>
<br>It would be interesting to tally the votes available to the respective bodies (all ORG-IDs). I wonder if there is some high level of self perpetuation that term limits might not actual be useful to mitigate and provide for a pro-democratic result?<br>
<br>Best,<br><br></div><div>-M<<br><br> <br></div></div></div></div>
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