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Roman"">ARIN has issued its initial response to ACSP
Suggestion 2014.10. The suggestion and response text are
provided below. This suggestion remains open and is available
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2014-10.html">https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2014-10.html</a></span><span
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Regards,</span><span style="font-family:
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</span><span
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Communications and Member Services</span><span
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</span><span
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span><span
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Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><br>
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New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">***</span><span style="font-family:
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New Roman";color:black"><br>
Suggestion: <br>
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style="font-family: Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";color:black">With election time starting to be
on the horizon again, it's time for ARIN to address the events
of October in Phoenix, where an outgoing Board member hijacked
the agenda to stump for his preferred board candidates, and an
AC candidate used his speech time to endorse others.<br>
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I think that for the integrity of the ARIN election process to
remain intact, ARIN either needs to remove candidate speeches
and stick to written materials, or have the speeches given in
premade form like a video or something on the ARIN website.<br>
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New Roman";color:black">Response:</span></b><span
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Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
Thanks for your suggestion, numbered 2014.10 upon confirmed receipt,
regarding candidate speeches during the election process at the ARIN
fall meetings. ARIN will address this suggestion in two separate
actions.<br>
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First, the 2014 Election Process will clarify that the purpose of
candidate speeches is to allow candidates to briefly state their own
qualifications and positions for consideration by the electorate.<br>
<br>
Second, this suggestion will be provided to the 2014 Nomination
Committee (NomCom) for their post-election review to determine if
any further changes in this area are recommended.<br>
<br>
Thank you for participating in the ARIN Suggestion and Consultation
Process. We will keep this suggestion open until implementation.<br>
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