<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>I'm not sure I even get the point why it was written and sent, as there was no requirement for explanation.<br></div><div>Why would even one, much less two or three people think it was a good idea?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><br><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:34:25 -0500 <b>Martin Hannigan <hannigan@gmail.com></b> wrote ----<br></div><br><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="x_1172893149gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="x_1172893149gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 17:25 Jay Hennigan <<a href="mailto:jay@impulse.net" target="_blank">jay@impulse.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="x_1172893149gmail_quote" style="margin : 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width : 1px; border-left-style : solid; padding-left : 1ex; border-left-color : rgb(204,204,204);">On 11/4/21 10:47, John Curran wrote:<br> > Patrick -<br> > <br> > To be clear, this was the statement as prepared by Catherine Middleton, <br> > in her role as Chair of this year’s Nomination Committee. The relevant <br> > portion of the ARIN Election Process is attached for reference.<br> <br> [snip]<br> <br> > 1.<br> > In consultation with ARIN’s GC, the NomCom Chair may prepare an<br> > explanatory statement of the relevant factors regarding a nominee<br> > not included on an election slate.<br> <br> Note: "In consultation with ARIN’s GC...."<br> <br> [snip]<br> <br> >> On 4 Nov 2021, at 11:53 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <<a href="mailto:patrick@ianai.net" target="_blank">patrick@ianai.net</a> <br> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:patrick@ianai.net" target="_blank">patrick@ianai.net</a>>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> Sounds to me like a lawyer wrote it, not a member of the NomCom.<br> >><br> >> Which implies the NomCom was not allowed to answer.<br> <br> Yep. This pretty much confirms that Patrick was right.</blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">“Prepared by” is also not “written by”. I’d feel ok with a guess by the style that John did a fair amount of editing too. <br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">$0.02<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-M<<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="x_1172893149gmail_quote" style="margin : 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width : 1px; border-left-style : solid; padding-left : 1ex; border-left-color : rgb(204,204,204);" dir="auto"><br></blockquote></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>ARIN-PPML <br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to <br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net" target="_blank">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>). <br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: <br><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml" target="_blank">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a> <br>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues. <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>