On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 9:09 AM Steve Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 16, 2022, 8:55 AM John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> It’s an artifact of our formation that we are presently providing services >> to any customers absent any agreement >> and while ARIN continues to do so (by providing basic services to legacy >> customers), the long-term direction is >> to provide the same services to all customers under the same agreement and >> fees – anything else wouldn’t be >> equitable. >> >> (This is the direction that the ARIN Board of Trustees has set based on >> community input; I will note that >> the ARIN Board is itself elected by the community and that we have our >> annual election upcoming – > > > Unless the rules have changed, this statement is incorrect. > > The board is not elected by the community, it is elected by ARIN customers > who pay for the privilege to vote. > > Even though I pay significant money to ARIN I am not allowed to vote, but as > far as I know, I am a part of the community.
Hi Steve, Actually, the rules HAVE changed. Under the new fee schedule, every payer except AS-only payers are eligible to vote. ARIN still has a lot of structural deficiencies but in this particular respect they made a major improvement. Regards, Bill Herrin -- For hire. https://bill.herrin.us/resume/
