[ARIN-Suggestions] New ACSP Suggestions

[ARIN]

ARIN has received two new suggestions through the ACSP.

1. 2016.5: Publish Regional Breakdown of Voting in Elections
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2016-05.html

Submitted: 26 April

Suggestion Details:

Description: Arin should publish breakdown of election stats by region 
or country. For example X out of y members voted in America | Canada | 
carribean. In addition Arin should publish this information for the last 
5 years if it is still available.

Value to Community: Arin is considering ways to increase diversity of 
the board and AC. Some of the options being considered involve various 
sectors of the region electing their own representative. Publishing 
historical information about voting by sector would allow the community 
to understand the potential impact and understand the level of 
involvement by sector in the election process.
ARIN response:
Thank you for your suggestion, numbered 2016.5 upon confirmed receipt, 
requesting that ARIN publish the breakdown by sub-region (US, Canada, 
Caribbean) of the number of organizations who voted in the ARIN Board 
and Advisory Council elections in past and future elections.

It is a challenge to resurrect the data from previous elections. 
However, as we see that this data may be useful in the discussions 
surrounding how to gain diversity on the ARIN Board of Trustees and 
Advisory Council, we will begin providing the data at the conclusion of 
the 2016 election and going forward.

Please consider this suggestion now closed, noting that the 2016 
election data will be published in a reasonable amount of time following 
the conclusion of the 2016 elections.
2. 2016.6: Add PO Field to Invoices in ARIN Online
https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2016-06.html
Submitted: 26 April

Suggestion Details:
Description: Add an optional field for PO numbers on the Modify Payments 
and Billing page in ARIN Online that would populate the PO field on ARIN 
invoices.

Value to Community: Currently there is a field on ARIN invoices for PO 
numbers, but there is no way to proactively add a PO# in ARIN Online 
under billing information. Adding this field (as optional information) 
so it would populate the PO# on the invoice would enable companies using 
PO#s to streamline their payment process to ARIN.
ARIN Response: Pending

Regards,

Communication and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)