That is correct – ARIN’s Policy Development Process <https://www.arin.net/participate/policy/pdp/> explicitly recognizes that (nearly) any interested party may participate –
"Policy Proposals may be submitted to the ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) by anyone in the global Internet community except for members of the ARIN Board of Trustees or the ARIN staff. " (Note that the exclusion of ARIN Staff and ARIN Trustees is intentional due to these individuals already having a formally defined role in the Policy Development Process…) Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers On 24 Jun 2022, at 1:17 AM, Noah <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Fri, 24 Jun 2022, 08:01 Louie Lee via ARIN-PPML, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Ronald, I may even further add onto John's excellent explanation that the individuals within this community do not even have to reside in the ARIN service region to participate in ARIN policy discussions! Louie Hi Louie That is very true and I am one such participant. Noah On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 11:15 PM John Santos <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Ronald - "Members" are people (or more typically corporations or other legal entities) that have purchased an ARIN membership. I think in general, this comes along with purchasing ARIN resources, i.e. requesting IP addresses or ASN's, signing an RSA, and paying an annual fee. Members get to nominate and vote for candidates for the ARIN board and (I think) other ARIN positions. They also get to participate in some internal discussions such as those about fee schedules and the like. ARIN policy is decided by the "Community", which is open to anyone interested in the subject. You don't need to be a member to propose, discuss or vote on policy, or to join the policy discussion mailing list (i.e. this list.) There are a certain very limited set of topics, mostly fees, that are not regarded as "policy" and can't be decided by the community, but practically anything else is fair game. As a human being (or a reasonably capable facsimile thereof) who is interested in Internet Governance (whatever that is), you certainly qualify and your vote counts! Welcome to the Community! On 6/23/2022 7:46 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > I am not a member, so I'm not even sure if my vote even counts, but I also > am opposed to this proposal. > > > Regards, > rfg > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List > ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> if you experience any > issues. -- John Santos Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc. 781-861-0670 ext 539<tel:(781)%20861-0670> _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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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