I think this does need fixing, but I am not happy with this proposal as do not think it goes far enough.
Specifically - who is entitled to register for Confer? ...Skeeve *Skeeve Stevens - Senior IP Broker* *v4Now - *an eintellego Networks service ske...@v4now.com ; www.v4now.com Phone: 1300 239 038; Cell +61 (0)414 753 383 ; skype://skeeve facebook.com/v4now ; <http://twitter.com/networkceoau> linkedin.com/in/skeeve twitter.com/theispguy ; blog: www.theispguy.com ; Keybase: https://keybase.io/skeeve IP Address Brokering - Introducing sellers and buyers On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Adam Gosling <a...@apnic.net> wrote: > Dear SIG members > > > > A proposal to modify the APNIC SIG Guidelines relating to the election > > of SIG Chairs and Co-Chairs has been submitted for consideration at > > APNIC 42 im Colombo, Sri Lanka. > > > > https://www.apnic.net/sig-chair-elections/proposed-revision.txt > > > > If agreed. these changes will affect all APNIC SIGs from APNIC 43 in Ho > > Chi Minh City, Vietnam. > > > > Discussion and call for consensus will take place in the Policy SIG. > > > > https://www.apnic.net/mailinglists > > > > If successful in the Policy SIG, a consensus call will be made at the > > APNIC Member Meeting. There will be no final Comment Period. > > > > To ensure those not travelling to APNIC 42 are able to participate in > > the discussion, you are invited to comment on the Policy SIG Mailing > > List before the conference. > > > > More background to this proposal is available at: > > > > https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/chair-elections > > > > Regards > > > > Adam > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Revising eligible voters of Chair election and Chair's term > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Proposer: Masato Yamanishi > > myama...@gmail.com > > > > > > 1. Problem statement > > -------------------- > > > > 1. Eligible voters in SIG Chair election > > In current SIG guidelines, we have no rule or guideline about eligible > > voters in SIG Chair election and we have two issues by the lack of such > > rule. > > > > Firstly, we need to have clear guideline whether remote participants > > have voting rights for SIG Chair election since current practice is > > different in each election. > > > > Secondary, it can be used by fraud, like hijacking the position of Chair > > agaist the Community by inviting many persons who never attend the > > community discussion. > > > > 2. SIG Chair's term of service > > While SIG guidelines says "Elections occur yearly. Chair elections and > > Co-Chair elections occur in alternate years.", both elections were held > > at same meeting in many cases, in particular when a current Co-Chair > > stand for the position of Chair. With this current practice having both > > elections at same meeting, we are not seeing any significant issues for > > long time. > > > > In addition, there is no alternative condition for the successor's term > > if current Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed though such > > alternative condition is necessary to maintain staggered term as > > requested by SIG guideline. (a.k.a. the successor's term of service is > > same as remaining term of resigned or removed Chair) > > > > > > 2. Objective of policy change > > ----------------------------- > > > > The objective is preventing confusions related to remote participant as > > well as mitigating possible frauds in SIG Chair election by setting > > clear rule for eligible voters. > > > > In addition, we can also expect aligning SIG guideline with current > > practice as well as resolving unclearness of the successor's term when > > current Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed by revising SIG Chair's > > term of service. > > > > > > 3. Situation in other regions > > ----------------------------- > > > > Please refer following page made by Adam Gosling > > > > Comparison of RIR SIG/WG Chair Election Processes > > https://www.apnic.net/sig-guidelines/chair-elections/other-rirs > > > > > > 4. Proposed policy solution > > --------------------------- > > > > 1. Eligible voters in SIG Chair election > > I would like to propose limiting eligible voters of SIG Chair election > > to registered participants of APNIC Conference where the election is > > held. > > > > In this context, registered participants include remote participants who > > register to Confer, or its successor in future. > > > > 2. SIG Chair's term of service > > I would like to propose aligning Chair' term with Co-Chair's term, which > > means that Chair and all Co-Chair will serve for same two years. > > To keep this alighment, I would like to propose limiting the successor's > > term to remaining term of current Chair/Co-Chair if current > > Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed. > > > > > > > > 5. Advantages / Disadvantages > > ----------------------------- > > > > Advantages: > > By setting clear rule for eligible voters, > > > > - we can avoid confusion whether remote participant cast vote for SIG > > Chair election or not > > - we can mitigate frauds in SIG Chair election > > > > By revising SIG Chair's term of service > > - we can resolve a conflict between SIG guideline and current practice > > - we can resolve unclearness of the successor's term when current > > Chair/Co-Chair resigned or was removed > > > > > > > > Disadvantages: > > APNIC staff may need to spend some additional time to confirm whether > > each voter is registered participants. > > > > There is no disadvantage by revising SIG Chair's term of service. > > > > > > 6. Impact on resource holders > > ----------------------------- > > > > No direct impact > > > > > > 7. References > > ------------- > > > > Chair Election Procedure Review by Adam Gosling > > https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/chair-elections > > > > Comparison of RIR SIG/WG Chair Election Processes > > https://www.apnic.net/sig-guidelines/chair-elections/other-rirs > > > > APNIC SIG Guidelines > > https://www.apnic.net/community/participate/sigs/sig-guidelines > > > > > > > > * sig-policy: APNIC SIG on resource management policy > * > _______________________________________________ > sig-policy mailing list > sig-policy@lists.apnic.net > https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy >
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