There is no argument here. Happy pandemic Saturday, all.
-M< On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 9:15 PM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 Jan 2021, at 8:37 PM, Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I am sure we are talking about the same thing David. > > The authority to establish the rules in which resources are allocated and > revoked is a prerogative from this forum (which includes members and > non-members), as in any other RIR. The PDP guarantees the Board the > ultimate authority to adopt a new policies in order to make sure it is in > line with all legal and operational aspects of the RIR system. > The authority to establish fee structure, operational procedures, etc is a > prerogative from the Board and Staff. > > Fernando – > > Given the widespread nature of this forum, I am obligated to correct > misinformation regarding the nature of ARIN whenever it is posted here. > Your statements above regarding ARIN’s authority are not correct, and I > thought it best if I take a moment to provide ARIN’s authority in succinct > format so that we may all move on to discussing the merits and concerns > with the particular policy proposal under discussion – > > Per ARIN’s Articles of Incorporation and accompanying Bylaws, ARIN is a > membership organization. > The membership provides ARIN its authority by election of our Board of > Trustees. The Board of Trustees holds ARIN's authority, and exercises that > authority to further the purposes of the organization. > > The ARIN members also elect an Advisory Council (ARIN AC), which advises > the Board of Trustees on number resource policy matters. The Board of > Trustees has adopted a Policy Development Process, which directs the ARIN > AC to work with the community, including via this forum, to develop > worthwhile policy proposals. The PDP does not provide any authority to > the Board, but rather the converse - the PDP is binding upon those who > participate in our policy development process because it was adopted by the > ARIN Board of Trustees. The ARIN PDP specifies a role for the community > in the policy development process, but "the community” (if defined as being > the diffuse group of participants in this forum) do not hold or provide > ARIN with its authority. > > Thanks, > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers > > > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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