<div dir="auto">Hi Elvis<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have the same view as you do.</div><div dir="auto">Despite this undertanding (and maybe the Board too - and correct me if I don't reproduce it accuratelly) I refuse the view that "PDP is a concession of the Board to the Community" and - this is what makes it even more controvertial - that 'this does not void ICP-2" due to historical reasons or whatever justification.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">They are entiteled to their opinion but I do not believe that corrensponds to practical realitty.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I sincerelly hope that not only ARIN Board by any other RIR Board never void the bottom-up process and respect the ultimate power of community to choose how policies will be, not the Board unilaterally at their will.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Obviouslly this doesn't confuse with the prerrogative of the RIR Board to care about the organization protection and legal protection and I support that including the prerrogative of the Boards to ractify proposals that reached consensus.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Fernando</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 7 Sep 2021, 14:10 Elvis Daniel Velea, <<a href="mailto:elvis@velea.eu">elvis@velea.eu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi,<br><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 7, 2021, at 09:10, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>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></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></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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