I stand corrected on the Board of Trustees. We certainly agree but of course one never knows what the results of an election might be.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Stephen Sprunk
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2014 1:33 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] NRPM Policies 4.6 and 4.7 Suspended by ARIN Board
On 23-Jan-14 09:59, Steven Ryerse wrote:
I would like to take this opportunity to point out that this is a glaring
example of where the ARIN Board of Directors is acting to make a policy change
without consulting this community before taking action concerning the policy(s).
Nit: Board of Trustees, not Directors.
The Board members are part of the community, and one of their responsibilities
is to take action on behalf of the community when there is an urgent
problem--and then hand it back to the rest of us for a more complete response
as soon as circumstances permit. We entrust them with rather expansive
authority because it's necessary to fulfill that responsibility.
I would also point out that this action by the ARIN Board pretty much deflates
the argument that ARIN’s role is only to implement and facilitate
community-based Internet self-governance that I’ve seen argued in this forum
and in the press by John Curran and others. It is to the ARIN Board &
Management’s credit that they do solicit this community’s input on most policy
changes. However, I think it is important that this community fully understand
that they have chosen to solicit input on policy decisions but are not required
to follow it.
ARIN Staff is obligated to follow whatever policies the ARIN Board adopts, and
Staff's role in the policy-making process is limited to advice and facilitation.
You are correct that the ARIN Board isn't obligated to listen to input; if they
had a record of abusing their discretion, though, it would be our
responsibility to replace them.
S
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Stephen Sprunk "God does not play dice." --Albert Einstein
CCIE #3723 "God is an inveterate gambler, and He throws the
K5SSS dice at every possible opportunity." --Stephen Hawking
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