On 16 Sep 2022, at 12:09 PM, Steve Noble 
<sno...@sonn.com<mailto:sno...@sonn.com>> wrote:

(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.

Steve -

If you have IPv4 or IPv6 resources under an RSA/LRSA, then you are an ARIN 
service member.

ARIN service members in good standing can (via ARIN online or by contacting the 
RSD helpdesk) opt
to become ARIN general members and participate in ARIN governance – this 
includes agreeing to be
included on the ARIN member list, assigning a voting contact for your 
organization, and participating in
ARIN elections.

See more information here - 
https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/membership/explained/

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

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