Just adding that it is not the first time this happens. I am appalled by the NomCom’s behavior!
elvis Excuse the briefness of this mail, it was sent from a mobile device. > On Oct 9, 2021, at 14:37, Owen DeLong via ARIN-PPML <arin-ppml@arin.net> > wrote: > > Apologies for posting here, but since arin-discuss is dead and based on > John’s recent expansion of the scope > of PPML, I think it is the most appropriate place to post. > > As I understand it, the Nominating Committee has turned down several > candidates for BoT in the upcoming > election, among them Ron Da Silva and Dan Alexander, both of who are clearly > qualified and legitimate > candidates for the board. > > For two open positions, the Nominating committee chose to select just three > candidates for the slate. > > It is absurd to turn away qualified candidates and it is inappropriate for > the nominating committee to > endeavor to deprive the membership a greater choice of candidates. In > essence, by limiting the slate > to the minimum number of candidates (n+1 vs. open offices), the nominating > committee has assured > that they are able to, in effect, appoint most of their chosen candidates to > the board while denying > others the opportunity to compete absent the petition process. > > As such, I encourage each and every voting representative seeing this message > to support the petitions > for both Dan Alexander and Ron Da Silva. > > Further, I hope the board will admonish the nominating committee for taking > this action and revise > the nominating committee guidelines to prevent such in appropriate behavior > in the future. > > Suggestions: > > 1. Nominating committee must recruit at least 2n candidates where n is > the number > of seats available for a given election. > > 2. Nominating committee may not deny candidates without cause. > > 3. Nominating committee must provide an explanation for their denial to > each and > every candidate denied. It is up to the candidate whether or not to > make that > explanation public. > > 4. Nominating committee must provide the same explanations for any > denied candidates > to the board for their consideration. > > 5. A simple majority of quorum vote of the board shall be sufficient to > place any > denied candidate on the initial slate without requiring qualification > by petition. > > Owen > > _______________________________________________ > ARIN-PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues. _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (ARIN-PPML@arin.net). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact i...@arin.net if you experience any issues.
