In light of the public and private responses I’ve gotten to this question, it 
seems that the obvious explanations are considered far more credible than any 
innocent ones (of which none have been forthcoming this far).

I would encourage everyone to support these petitions, to solicit candidates’ 
opinions on the matter of candidate selection, and then vote for candidates 
willing to publicly advocate for candidate selection reform at ARIN. Whether or 
not the process is currently undergoing capture, it certainly appears to lack 
the transparency needed to avoid it. 

Scott

> On Oct 9, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Owen DeLong <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> There were apparently at least 5 candidates. There are 2 open board seats.
> 
> The nom-com approved only 3 candidates, hence my complaint.
> 
> There are 7 open advisory council seats. I did not count the nomination list 
> size, but I assure you it was well short of 14.
> 
> Owen
> 
> 
>> On Oct 9, 2021, at 17:30 , Steven Ryerse <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> If there are enough candidates there ought to be at least 2 for each seat 
>> and more than 2 is also good too. 
>>  
>>  
>> Steven Ryerse
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>> From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Burns
>> Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 4:45 PM
>> To: Scott Leibrand <[email protected]>
>> Cc: arin-ppml <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Board Election Petition underway
>>  
>> I was rejected for an Advisory Council candidacy even though I was a 
>> candidate in the past and am a policy author in multiple registries.
>> Another broker was likewise rejected.
>> There are 7 AC openings, only 10 candidates, but I was rejected.
>> I know another broker who was, like me, solicited to run but then denied a 
>> candidacy.
>> The NomCom is comprised of four insiders, two volunteers, and operates in 
>> the dark.
>> Not saying this is the case, but very few likeminded individuals on the 
>> AC/Board can effectively capture these via NomCom filtering.
>> A dangerous thing for Internet governance in the context of Afrinic. I don't 
>> want the governments of the world taking over from the amateurs.
>> But if we continue to act amateurish...
>>  
>>  
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> ---- On Sat, 09 Oct 2021 11:58:00 -0400 Scott Leibrand 
>> <[email protected]> wrote ----
>>  
>> Has ARIN disclosed anything about why the NomCom chose to exclude two 
>> obviously-qualified candidates from the ballot when they didn’t yet have 2 
>> candidates per open seat, and the 3 candidates they did include are all less 
>> well-known to the community than both the ones they excluded?
>> 
>> I can hypothesize some possible reasons, but none of them would reflect well 
>> on the NomCom, so I am reluctant to do so without learning their stated 
>> reason(s). 
>> 
>> Scott
>> 
>> > On Oct 9, 2021, at 7:39 AM, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > 
>> > 
>> >> On Oct 9, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> There's a petition for two people to be added to the Trustee ballot after 
>> >> being rejected by the nom com.
>> > 
>> > Yes! Go vote on the petitions, so you’ll have more than three choices to 
>> > fill the two open board seats, when the election comes. Give yourself more 
>> > options.
>> > 
>> > -Bill
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