> On Apr 7, 2022, at 07:25 , John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > > >> On 7 Apr 2022, at 2:08 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com >> <mailto:o...@delong.com>> wrote: >> >>> Indeed - you only emphasize why it is important for organizations to get >>> involved in ARIN’s governance… It is not intended that your sole >>> interaction with ARIN be via contractual mechanisms, but rather that >>> network operators actually participate as members of the organization. >> >> Perhaps the only bright spot in the recent change to the fee structure is >> that I now have membership open to me without having to pay an extra >> $500/year for the privilege. >> >> Prior to this most recent change, end-users were not afforded such >> participation. > > Correct. > >> Even with the most recent change, the board still opted to default all end >> users to second class citizenry unless they each took specific actions to >> opt in to participation in ARIN governance. > > Correct as well - with the understanding that the “specific action” that one > needs to take is simply asking to be a General Member; i.e. confirming your > organization’s intent to vote in ARIN elections and acknowledging that your > organization will be publicly listed on the General Member list. > <https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/faq/ > <https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/faq/>> > > Having a record of such acknowledgement is desirable for record keeping > purposes, and yes, in theory we could have forced the entire 7000+ existing > ARIN general members on day one of the membership structure change to > undertake the exact same consent process in order to retain their General > Member status and be able to vote – but that would have been significant > member disenfranchisement for something that ARIN can just as easily obtain > for pre-existing general members on a rolling basis going forward. > > My apologies if the handling of this leaves with the impression of being “a > second class” citizen, as that was not intent at all (rather we are just > handling a very significant change in our membership structure in the most > pragmatic manner possible.)
So this proactive registering to vote is being imposed on all new LIR organizations as well? Owen
