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<div>On Oct 27, 2023, at 2:32 PM, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net> wrote:</div>
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<div>That sounds good in principle, Michael, but the reality is that none of the fora you suggested provide for an interactive discussion amongst the broader community.
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While it’s true that the general-members list reached the electorate, the impact of the AC is felt not only by the electorate, but also by the broader community. </div>
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<div>The impact of ARIN’s elections, registration services agreement, Board of Trustee elections, etc. are also </div>
<div>all topics that could affect the broader community – so that property (in and of itself) is not a particularly</div>
<div>compelling argument for mandate of the use of ppml. </div>
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<div>There are tradeoffs in having such discussions here on ppml (e.g., not everyone here may necessarily </div>
<div>want to be buried in discussion of ARIN election processes) versus the general-member mailing list </div>
<div>(where discussion of such minutiae might cause drop in general members interest or participation), </div>
<div>so this needs to be carefully considered by the community. </div>
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<div>We will hold an appropriate consultation in the future to discuss this issue and so that the merits of various</div>
<div>approaches can be considered. In the interim, suggestions for the improvements to the ARIN election</div>
<div>process should be directed to the ARIN ACSP <<a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/">https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/</a>></div>
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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