How do we support the petitions? On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 3:33 PM Elvis Daniel Velea <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just adding that it is not the first time this happens. > > I am appalled by the NomCom’s behavior! > > elvis > > Excuse the briefness of this mail, it was sent from a mobile device. > > > On Oct 9, 2021, at 14:37, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Apologies for posting here, but since arin-discuss is dead and based on > John’s recent expansion of the scope > > of PPML, I think it is the most appropriate place to post. > > > > As I understand it, the Nominating Committee has turned down several > candidates for BoT in the upcoming > > election, among them Ron Da Silva and Dan Alexander, both of who are > clearly qualified and legitimate > > candidates for the board. > > > > For two open positions, the Nominating committee chose to select just > three candidates for the slate. > > > > It is absurd to turn away qualified candidates and it is inappropriate > for the nominating committee to > > endeavor to deprive the membership a greater choice of candidates. In > essence, by limiting the slate > > to the minimum number of candidates (n+1 vs. open offices), the > nominating committee has assured > > that they are able to, in effect, appoint most of their chosen > candidates to the board while denying > > others the opportunity to compete absent the petition process. > > > > As such, I encourage each and every voting representative seeing this > message to support the petitions > > for both Dan Alexander and Ron Da Silva. > > > > Further, I hope the board will admonish the nominating committee for > taking this action and revise > > the nominating committee guidelines to prevent such in appropriate > behavior in the future. > > > > Suggestions: > > > > 1. Nominating committee must recruit at least 2n candidates where > n is the number > > of seats available for a given election. > > > > 2. Nominating committee may not deny candidates without cause. > > > > 3. Nominating committee must provide an explanation for their > denial to each and > > every candidate denied. It is up to the candidate whether or not > to make that > > explanation public. > > > > 4. Nominating committee must provide the same explanations for any > denied candidates > > to the board for their consideration. > > > > 5. A simple majority of quorum vote of the board shall be > sufficient to place any > > denied candidate on the initial slate without requiring > qualification by petition. > > > > Owen > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau
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