<div dir="ltr">IMO the problem (for the AC, not the BoT) is that all turnover comes from resignations and people deciding not to run again. It's very rare that an incumbent fails to get re-elected. Given what I've observed as an AC member of the large diversity in contribution levels from my colleagues on the AC, both new and old, that's evidence to me that the membership is re-electing members who are less effective, and we're therefore not getting the benefit of new ideas and approaches, and the higher willingness to take on difficult work, that new AC members tend to provide.<div>
<br></div><div>Reviewing the results of all the elections since 2007, when I was elected, I see:</div><div><br></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="695" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:522pt">
<colgroup><col width="64" style="width:48pt">
<col width="70" style="width:53pt">
<col width="90" style="width:68pt">
<col width="107" style="width:80pt">
<col width="101" style="width:76pt">
<col width="263" style="width:197pt">
</colgroup><tbody><tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" width="64" style="height:14.4pt;width:48pt">Year</td>
<td class="" width="70" style="width:53pt">Re-elected</td>
<td class="" width="90" style="width:68pt">Newly Elected</td>
<td class="" width="107" style="width:80pt">Newly appointed</td>
<td class="" width="101" style="width:76pt">NOT Re-elected</td>
<td class="" width="263" style="width:197pt">Notes</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2013</td>
<td class="">4</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2012</td>
<td class="">4</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2011</td>
<td class="">4</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class="">3-year incumbent not re-elected</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2010</td>
<td class="">3</td>
<td class="">2</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class="">1-year appointed incumbent not re-elected</td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2009</td>
<td class="">3</td>
<td class="">2</td>
<td class="">1</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2008</td>
<td class="">2</td>
<td class="">3</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
</tr>
<tr height="19" style="height:14.4pt">
<td height="19" class="" style="height:14.4pt">2007</td>
<td class="">3</td>
<td class="">2</td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
<td class=""></td>
</tr></tbody></table><br></div><div>As you can see, there has only been a single full-term incumbent who was not re-elected, and that was in a year when there were 5 incumbents on the ballot.</div><div><br></div><div>I think term limits (1 year off after 2 terms) would help get more new people, with new ideas, approaches, and energy, onto the AC, without unduly sacrificing experience and continuity.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Of course, there may be other better ways to accomplish the same thing, so I'd love to hear other ideas for how we can get more fresh faces onto the AC. Maybe we could tweak the election process somehow? One idea I just had would be to allow advisory input (some sort of straw poll) from PPML participants that is published for the ARIN membership to review when casting their votes?</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Scott</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Lee Howard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spiffnolee@yahoo.com" target="_blank">spiffnolee@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font>Could somebody state more clearly what problem this proposal is trying to solve? I've heard that "organizations tend toward entrenchment" but not that ARIN has. Is the community stagnant? Is the AC unresponsive to evolving thought in the region? Is the Board inaccessible? What problem would be solved by having new people in those positions?<br>
</font></span><div class=""><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font><span><br></span></font></span></div><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font>> Term limits are a must if for nothing else but to prevent <br clear="none">
</font></span></div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif"><div><span style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><font><div class="">
> what they call "founders syndrome."<br clear="none"> <br></div>There's only one founding Board member still at ARIN, and he's on the Board ex-officio: John Curran. Only Bill Woodcock has more than ten years' tenure.<br>
<br>I was a Board member for three years, lost re-election, took a year off, then ran again and won. Two terms later, I lost re-election. I'm not the only one: <a href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot_former.html" target="_blank">https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot_former.html</a><br>
15 former Board members (counting myself only twice) for an organization that's 16(?) years old doesn't seem stagnant to me.<br><br>See also the very long list of former AC members: <a href="https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac_former.html" target="_blank">https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac_former.html</a><br>
Is it really 46 former AC
members?<br><br>Looks to me like there's turnover already. If we need more churn, I would want to understand what's broken.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>Lee<br><br></font></span></font></span></div>
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