I suspect they were given board guidance that lead to this unfortunate and undesirable action.
Owen > On Oct 11, 2021, at 20:08 , Scott Leibrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > The members of the NomCom aren't allowed to make public statements like that > about the private proceedings of the NomCom. Given the NomCom is made up of > individuals that many of us know personally and highly respect, I think it is > unlikely that they acted with any ill intent. And if some members of the > NomCom were attempting to disqualify individuals for political reasons or > anything like that, I suspect at least one member of the NomCom would have > resigned rather than go along with it. More likely, they were following the > process they were asked to perform to the best of their ability, and that > process resulted in qualified candidates being disqualified on some > technicality. The problem is that the process is entirely black-box, with > very little transparency. The best we can hope for this time around is that > the Board investigates what happens and makes some form of statement after > the petition process is complete as to what they found. > > Looking forward, I believe that the process needs to be reformed to be less > completely opaque, and to provide mechanisms for the NomCom to provide > feedback, to the candidates, the board, and the public, as to their reasons > whenever they choose not to place nominated candidates on the ballot. Several > suggestions have already been made on how that could be done, and I know > others are considering other mechanisms. I look forward to seeing the board > candidates' (and existing board members') positions on how they intend to > balance transparency with the need for privacy in reviewing candidates' > backgrounds. > > In any event, those solutions must by necessity be applied to future > elections, not to the current situation. The recourse for the current > situation (for ARIN members) is simply to support the petitions and then vote > in the election. > > -Scott > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 7:18 PM Michael B. Williams > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Is NomCom able to explain how this happened? In my opinion, unless they > cannot offer some credible explanation everyone on NomCom should be removed > from any position of official power at ARIN. Embarrassing to say the least. > > Michael B. Williams > Glexia - An IT Company > > Legal Notice: > The information in this electronic mail message is the sender's confidential > business and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the > addressee(s). Access to this internet electronic mail message by anyone else > is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, > copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance > on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 1:35 PM Jason Baugher <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I signed the petitions to get these 2 candidates on the ballot, because > unless someone on the nom-com cares to give us a valid reason to reject them, > I feel they belong there. > > > > I also answered the survey regarding the prioritization of question, choosing > those that address the nom-com and overall behavior and makeup of the board > to be the most important. > > > > Up until a few years ago, I paid little attention to ARIN governance and > policy. What was in place didn’t affect me adversely, so I didn’t read the > new policy announcements, didn’t care who was running things, didn’t even > bother to vote quite honestly. It wasn’t until the somewhat recent waiting > list policy change fiasco that I started making a point of following what is > happening with ARIN. > > > > With that said, I consider myself somewhat of an outsider, so I may be > over-simplifying things. However, this is how I’m interpreting this process. > > 1: The Board selects a nominating committee, which then has the authority to > accept or reject candidates from the ballot. > > 2: The nominating committee is insulated in as such that they don’t have to > provide their reasons for accepting or rejecting the candidate, even to the > candidate themselves. > > 3: The only recourse is for the person to file a petition to get 124 member > orgs to sign to be forced onto the ballot, which is a hurdle that those > already accepted by the nominating committee do not have pass. > > 4: The end-result would appear to be a limited selection on the ballot of > people hand-picked by the existing Board, thereby ensuring the overall > direction of the Board stays the same. > > > > Someone else already suggested a reform to the system above, where the > nom-com would have to provide their reasons for rejection, which I fully > support. I’d also suggest that if there is going to be a 2% petition > requirement to be on the ballot, it should be for all candidates, not just > for those who the nom-com rejects. Level the playing field. > > > > Jason > > > > From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Scott Leibrand > Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 8:20 PM > To: arin-ppml <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Board Election Petition underway > > > > CAUTION: This email is from OUTSIDE our organization. > Please do not open/download any attachment or click any link unless you know > it's safe. > > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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 > > President > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | C: > 770.656.1460 > > 100 Ashford Center North | Suite 110 | Atlanta, Georgia 30338 > > > > <image001.jpg> <https://www.facebook.com/EclipseNetworks/> <image002.jpg> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/eclipse-networks-inc/> <image003.jpg> > <https://twitter.com/NetworksEclipse> <image004.jpg> > <https://www.instagram.com/eclipsenetworks/> > > > <image005.png> <https://www.eclipse-networks.com/> > <image006.png><image007.png> > > > > From: ARIN-PPML <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Mike Burns > Sent: Saturday, October 9, 2021 4:45 PM > To: Scott Leibrand <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: arin-ppml <[email protected] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > >> On Oct 9, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Martin Hannigan <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[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. 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