[General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections

Thu Oct 19 19:26:22 EDT 2023

John as always is being a diplomat; however, feel free to blame me and my tenure as Board Chair.

During that time there were several wholesale review of what functions and services were core to ARIN and should be kept in house and what may be better to use an external provider. ARIN staff generally, based on historical board direction, avoided any contract with a third party whose service was not IPv6 compliant.

While a nice philosophy the reality is ARIN is not a massive organization with lots of buying power in all cases. This meant that there were vendors that had vastly superior solutions in all other areas but could not be engaged because of this.  That diverted precious funds and resources away from other activities.

As John notes below staff were always strongly encouraging vendors to support IPv6 and would make it part of their decision process; however, it was not to be a deal breaker. I think the resources saved were better used for ARIN’s other IPv6 outreach efforts.

Paul

On Oct 19, 2023, at 6:42 PM, John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:

 Paul -

ARIN’s internal systems universally support both IPv4 and IPv6, and it is ARIN’s practice is that its vendors are to support both IPv4 and IPv6.

Exceptions to this rule (i.e., utilization of vendors that only support IPv4) are approved by me, as ARIN’s CEO, and are done when required for ARIN to fulfill its mission.

I do regret that there are vendors that don’t support IPv6-only operations, but that reflects the reality of IPv6 support in the present day, and ARIN has deal with that reality.

(ARIN does regularly review vendors and remind them that we will prefer a vendor that supports both all necessary requirements and IPv6 operations, and this has resulted in some vendors improving their IPv6 support, so that does provide some hope that our election vendor in the future will do so.)

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

On Oct 19, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Paul McNary via General-members <general-members at arin.net> wrote:

Isn't that interesting ARIN tells us to drop IPv6 as fast as we can and then choose to allow voting by IPv4 only!
Do I detect massive hypocrisy that they don't implement their own policies????

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Subject: Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections

Hi Paul,

ARIN advises that you connect to an IPv4 enabled Wi-Fi sometime during the voting period for the purpose of casting your vote. Voting period is open now until 7 PM ET next Friday, October 27, 2023.

Thank you,

John Sweeting
Chief Customer Officer
American Registry for Internet Numbers

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Subject: Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections

I don't have IPv4
How do I vote?

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Subject: Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections

Be aware, you’ll need IPv4 to vote. Voting doesn’t work on IPv6.
Owen

On Oct 19, 2023, at 12:15, ARIN <info at arin.net<mailto:info at arin.net>> wrote:

Eligible Voting Contacts from General Members in Good Standing may now cast their organization’s online ballots in the 2023 ARIN Elections to fill four seats on the Board of Trustees and seven seats on the Advisory Council (AC). Voting is open now through 7:00 PM ET, Friday, 27 October.

Voting Contacts may cast their ballot by logging in to ARIN Online and selecting the “Vote Now” link in the dashboard. Step-by-step instructions are available on our website<https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/instructions/#submitting-votes-in-an-arin-election>.

Research the Candidates

A great place to get started is to read our recent blog post, “Five Simple Steps to Get You Ready for ARIN Elections.”<https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/04/prepare-for-arin-elections/>

A downloadable compilation of candidate biographies and questionnaire responses is available on our website<https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/candidate_bios.pdf>. Videos of the candidates’ prerecorded speeches presented at ARIN 52 will be posted shortly on the Election HQ page<https://www.arin.net/elections/> and Statements of Support site<https://arin-elections.net/>.

All candidates were subscribed to the General Members Mailing List<https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/general-members> for the duration of the election period to answer questions from the voting community. We encourage you to join the mailing list as well to keep informed of future ARIN Election activity.

Voting Information

If you are the Voting Contact for an eligible General Member, voting is as simple as logging in to ARIN Online and following the “Vote Now” link in your dashboard. If you are not the Voting Contact, but your organization is eligible to participate in the election, please encourage your Voting Contact to vote. You can find information on how to view your voting contact on our website<https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/voting/#viewing-your-voting-contact-information>.

Eligibility for this election was determined per the published deadline of 4 September 2023 at 5:00 PM ET. General Members in Good Standing with a designated Voting Contact as of that time are eligible to participate. Eligible organizations could update their Voting Contact after the Voting Eligibility deadline up until 12 October.

Participation in ARIN Elections is a requirement to maintain General Membership<https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/#member-responsibilities>. Organizations that have not voted in the past three elections after the 2023 ARIN Elections will transition to Service Members.

Results for the 2023 ARIN Elections will be announced no later than Friday, 3 November 2023.

For questions related to ARIN Elections, or to report any issues, please email elections at arin.net<mailto:elections at arin.net>.

Regards,

Jason Byrne
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American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

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