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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>In 2021, the ARIN Board dedicated focused effort to the review and improvement of ARIN governance which included multiple recommendations regarding ARIN election processes. In late 2021 and early 2022, we conducted a series of Community Consultations to gather community input on these recommendations. As a result, several changes to the ARIN election processes were approved and adopted by the Board of Trustees on 16 May 2022. We are pleased to announce these changes have been incorporated in ARIN’s Bylaws, version 32, now available at:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><a href="https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/bylaws/" title="https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/bylaws/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1'>https://www.arin.net/about/corporate/bylaws/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>We will conduct extensive outreach to inform the ARIN community about these changes as we enter the 2022 election cycle and have summarized them here for the benefit of ARIN General Members.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol style='margin-top:0in;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>All Individuals are invited to self-nominate to run for the Board of Trustees or Advisory Council. ARIN membership is not required, and all qualified nominees will be put forward on the Initial Slate of Candidates.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>To strengthen the Board’s capacity to provide strategic and fiscal oversight of ARIN,<span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span>the size of the Board will increase to ten Trustees by adding one additional elected seat in each of the next three election, starting in 2022.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Term limits have been adopted for the Board of Trustees, which will require an individual to take a two-year break from the Board at the conclusion of three consecutive terms. Term limit enforcement will begin starting at the end of 2025.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Nomination Changes:<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=a><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'>The initial nomination period has been shortened from 21 to 14 days, with the possibility to be extended an additional 21 days if necessary.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'>All Board and Advisory Council nominees will be subject to background checks. All eligible Board nominees will be interviewed by an independent, third-party vendor.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'>All nominees will be <span style='color:windowtext'>classified by the Nomination Committee as "Well Qualified," "Qualified", "Qualifications not Demonstrated", or “Unable to Qualify”. Only those judged “Unable to Qualify” will not be put forward on the Initial Slate.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><span style='color:windowtext'>Classification of nominees will be based on guidance from the Board/AC, responses to the nominee questionnaires, and the third-party background checks and interviews.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'>The petition process to be included on the Final Slate of Candidates will only be available to nominees classified as “Unable to Qualify” following the review by the Nomination Committee and publication of the Initial Slate.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>We thank everyone who participated in the community consultations that provided the Board feedback on potential changes, and we look forward to your participation in the 2022 ARIN elections.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>John Curran</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>President and CEO</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'>American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>