[144980] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: wet-behind-the-ears whippersnapper seeking advice on building a
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Fri Sep 23 06:37:21 2011
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Jim Duncan <jduncan@juniper.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:35:02 +0000
In-Reply-To: <A4C6A166C36F5F40A5767E6F66358FC0BAD175C1EB@EMBX01-WF.jnpr.net>
Cc: "vixie@isc.org" <vixie@isc.org>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sep 23, 2011, at 1:40 AM, Jim Duncan wrote:
> With my parliamentarian hat on:
> A nominating committee's essential function is to ensure that a minimum n=
umber of qualified, vetted individuals are placed on the slate of candidate=
s for election. it should never be a gating function; it is an important sa=
feguard to allow the nomination of qualified individuals outside the nomina=
ting committee and "from the floor" before votes are cast.=20
> ...
> Although organizations may decide for themselves how a nominating committ=
ee will operate, it is inconsistent with the general principles of parliame=
ntary process -- whichever standard you choose, Robert's, Sturgis, or anoth=
er -- for all candidates to be forced to pass through the gauntlet of the n=
ominating committee.=20
Jim -=20
=20
I agree with you in principle regarding the NomCom's essential=20
function, but note that your requirement that the Nominating=20
Committee pass _all_ candidates minimally qualified is not the=20
only valid approach. In the case of ARIN, the NomCom process
provides a sufficient number of qualified qualified candidates
but is specifically not required to provide all such candidates
<https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/nomcom_faqs.html>
The protection of the parliamentary representation principle that
you allude to (i.e. the freedom for members of an organization to=20
choose its own leadership) to is instead provided via a petition=20
process. This mechanism provides a comparable safeguard by allowing
anyone to be added to the ballot if they desire such and can show=20
some support in the community for their candidacy.
Note that ARIN's initial Bylaws only provided for direct selection=20
of new Board members by the ARIN Board from a list of candidates=20
chosen by the ARIN AC. In subsequent years, this was changed to be=20
a separate NomCom, and a petition process requiring support of 15%=20
of the electorate was added. The petition threshold was then lowered=20
to 5% of the electorate, and then again recently lowered to be now
2% of the electorate. The ARIN Board has reviewed the election process=20
in each of the recent years to see if any further changes are required.
Further evolution of this process is quite possible, and discussion
here (or on an ARIN mailing list) will help inform the ARIN Board=20
about the community views on this matter.
Thanks!
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
