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<div>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. </div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<div>(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
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<div>Thanks!</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
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<div>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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<div>On Oct 19, 2023, at 3:32 PM, Paul McNary via General-members <general-members@arin.net> wrote:</div>
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<div>Isn't that interesting ARIN tells us to drop IPv6 as fast as we can and then choose to allow voting by IPv4 only!<br>
Do I detect massive hypocrisy that they don't implement their own policies????</div>
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<div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"John Sweeting" <<a href="mailto:jsweeting@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jsweeting@arin.net</a>><br>
<b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"pmcnary" <<a href="mailto:pmcnary@northmo.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">pmcnary@northmo.net</a>>, "Owen DeLong" <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">owen@delong.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"ARIN" <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@arin.net</a>>, "general-members" <<a href="mailto:general-members@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">general-members@arin.net</a>><br>
<b>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, October 19, 2023 5:30:31 PM<br>
<b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections<br>
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on behalf of Paul McNary via General-members <<a href="mailto:general-members@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">general-members@arin.net</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"<a href="mailto:pmcnary@northmo.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">pmcnary@northmo.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:pmcnary@northmo.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">pmcnary@northmo.net</a>><br>
<b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 5:56 PM<br>
<b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">owen@delong.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@arin.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:general-members@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">general-members@arin.net</a>"
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<b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"Owen
DeLong via General-members" <<a href="mailto:general-members@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">general-members@arin.net</a>><br>
<b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"ARIN" <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@arin.net</a>><br>
<b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="mailto:general-members@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">general-members@arin.net</a><br>
<b>Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Thursday, October 19, 2023 3:41:21 PM<br>
<b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Re: [General-members] Voting Now Open for the 2023 ARIN Elections</span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">On Oct 19, 2023, at 12:15, ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@arin.net</a>>
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<div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">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.</span></div>
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<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/instructions/#submitting-votes-in-an-arin-election" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">on
our website</span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Research the Candidates</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">A great place to get started is to read our recent blog post,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/blog/2023/10/04/prepare-for-arin-elections/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">“Five
Simple Steps to Get You Ready for ARIN Elections.”</span></a></span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">A downloadable compilation of candidate biographies and questionnaire responses is available<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/candidate_bios.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">on
our website</span></a>. Videos of the candidates’ prerecorded speeches presented at ARIN 52 will be posted shortly on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/elections/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Election
HQ page</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://arin-elections.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Statements
of Support site</span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">All candidates were subscribed to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/general-members" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">General
Members Mailing List</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;">Voting Information</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;"></span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">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<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/voting/#viewing-your-voting-contact-information" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">on
our website</span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">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.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">Participation in ARIN Elections is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/#member-responsibilities" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">a
requirement to maintain General Membership</span></a>. Organizations that have not voted in the past three elections after the 2023 ARIN Elections will transition to Service Members.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">Results for the 2023 ARIN Elections will be announced no later than Friday, 3 November 2023.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">For questions related to ARIN Elections, or to report any issues, please email<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:elections@arin.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">elections@arin.net</span></a>.</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">Regards,</span></p>
<p style="word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: helvetica;">Jason Byrne<br>
Senior Customer Success Analyst<br>
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span></p>
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