On Fri, 3 Jun 2022, 16:01 John Curran, <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > > On 3 Jun 2022, at 5:57 AM, Paul Hjul <hjul.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > A petition has reached critical mass to call an SGMM, hopefully the Board > won't play pokey on this one. > > Dear Members, > > For your information, the members who signed the petitions have already > discussed and thereafter informed the Board to call for the Special General > Member’s Meeting as it is representing not less than 5% of the Resource > Members as required by the bylaws. All related documents that were shared > herein are sent to the Board and Chair as well for their reference and > review. > > Please see the attached link below for the content of the petition ; > https://www.nrs.help/petition > > Regards, > Paul Hjul > Member > > > Paul - > > As this petition appears to be organized by the “Number Resource Society” > (NRS) – a body which purports to hold core beliefs and values that include > an Internet "that relies on a global free market and enterprise with > excellent transparency and accountability” – and further appears (if I > understand the associated video on the NRS website promoting the petition) > to be claiming the petition is necessary to improve accountability and > transparency of the RIR system, it would probably be good if the NRS itself > would provide a modicum of transparency in this process. > > To this end, could you explain the Governing Body and procedures of the > NRS? I note that NRS Membership "Terms and Conditions” < > https://www.nrs.help/terms-conditions> notes that admission is not open > to all, but is subject to "acceptance of the Admission Committee”, but can > find no reference to the process for seating or present composition of said > Committee. > > From the Terms and Conditions it is also clear that the obligations of > membership bind one to acting & voting "in line with the objective, > mission, guide, instructions, and/or mandate of NRS and which include but > are not limited to policy internet making and/or voting in line with the > objectives of NRS with regard to freedom in accessing internet, > internet stability, fair distribution of internet.”, but it is less so who > exactly in the NRS make the determination of what particular votes (whether > policy or election) would be in compliance with the “objective, mission, > guide, instructions, and/or mandate of NRS” – this appears to be very > important for one to have before signing away the ability to make > independent judgement in such matters. > > It is strange that the NRS "shall have the absolute discretion to > terminate the membership of a Member at any time with prior notice to the > member without assigning any reason.” – there seems to be a lack of due > process here, and hence the governance provisions of the NRS would seem > woefully lacking for a body that intends aid community representation. > > If you could elaborate on the above issues, that might allow others to > understand how a body that purports to want to improve accountability can > do so while lacking in community accountability itself. It is possible > that I misunderstand its governance structures, so any insight that you (or > others at the NRS) can provide might clarify things a bit… as it is, the > NRS operates rather opaquely despite its purported lofty goals of excellent > transparency and accountability. > > Thanks! > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers >
Attention Paul Hjul.... Just in case you missed the above email, your response would come in handy to the questions Mr.John Curran asked you? Noah
_______________________________________________ Community-Discuss mailing list Community-Discuss@afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss