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Today's Topics:
1. Consultation on Implementing Single Transferrable Voting for
ARIN Elections (ARIN)
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Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:38:29 -0500
From: ARIN <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [ARIN-consult] Consultation on Implementing Single
Transferrable Voting for ARIN Elections
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The Board of Trustees maintains authority over the scope, mission, and along
with the President and Chief Executive Officer establishes ARIN?s strategic
direction and fiscal oversight. The Board also has oversight authority of the
nomination, appointment, and election of individuals to Board committees and
similar roles.
Over the past two years, as part of its fiduciary duties, the ARIN Board of
Trustees (?Board?) has undertaken a review of ARIN?s governance structures,
including the voting system for ARIN elections. As part of this effort, an
independent, outside consultant was engaged to review ARIN?s governance
structures and provide recommendations.
One recommendation that has arisen from this governance review is to replace
the current first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting system with single transferrable
voting (STV), also known as ranked-choice voting. STV would provide the ability
for the community to realize the following primary benefits:
? Greater voting choice. Voters rank candidates in order of preference;
? A more proportional result. Successful candidates more broadly represent
voter sentiment versus a single issue. There is better representation of member
minority views;
? No wasted votes. Fewer votes are cast for losing candidates or needlessly
cast for run-away winners;
? Designed for multiple winners; and
? Reduced opportunities for tactical voting.
STV has some disadvantages:
? It is possible for a single candidate to win without crossing the winning
threshold;
? The process is more complicated to understand and implement than FPTP; and
? In some cases, ballots that don't rank all candidates may be discarded.
We feel the benefits above outweigh the disadvantages. STV is currently being
used by RIPE.
Board Proposal:
ARIN will use an online, fully electronic STV system for ARIN elections.
The nomination process existing at the time of implementation will be used.
Modifications to the nomination process to implement STV are expected to be
minimal.
ARIN seeks community feedback on this proposed use of the STV system for ARIN
elections and the required amendments to ARIN's Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws. This consultation will remain open for 30 days:
https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2022/2022-1/
? Changes to Articles of Incorporation:
https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2022/2022_1__STV_ExhibitA.pdf
? Redline changes to ARIN Bylaws:
https://www.arin.net/participate/community/acsp/consultations/2022/2022_1__STV_ExhibitB.pdf
Please provide comments to [email protected]. You can subscribe to this
mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult.
Discussion on [email protected] will close on 7 February 2022.
Regards,
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
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