<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi,<br><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 7, 2021, at 09:10, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite" class="" preoffsettop="1978"><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class="">While the Board delegates the administration of policy development routinely to the ARIN AC, but it retains ultimate authority commensurate with the responsibility that they must bear for the organization.</div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>This is a very useful clarification to have available for those who continue to argue that the community is the ultimate authority on policy matters. Thank you.</div></blockquote><br><div>Very surprised to see John explain how the bottom-up process works (or not) in ARIN and how much influence the ARIN Board has on policy.</div><div><br></div><div>I am also extremely surprised to see the difference in PDP between ARIN and the rest of the RIRs as per John’s statement above.</div><div><br></div><div>Elvis</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>