[ you're cheating, you're in an asian time zone! ]
I have nothing against term limits (but I also did not champion them back when I was an elected member of the Board of Trustees.) Many cite risk of losing well-qualified and experienced Board members right when they are most productive as the counter-argument.
that is always the argument. the benefits of openness and new blood far outweigh the 'benefit' of rule by old dogs who appoint committees of themselves.
I will note that this discussion is presently on nanog, and I am not certain that all of the ARIN Board members subscribe.
an interesting point in itself, as north american operators are the smallest description of the arin constituency. a new ietf ops area director once asked me to monitor the nanog list for them and tell them if anything passed that was important. i told them that they should resign immediately.
I will forward your message to the Board
thanks
but would you prefer to take this to one of the ARIN lists
my experience is that ppml, the only one i remember, is far too toxic for me to last more than a day. and this is about the whole bleeping internet community. arin is far too closed and inward facing, breathing its own smoke.
or have a us setup a distinct list for this purpose, or something else?
how about forming an *outside* arin governance brainstorming committee? not binding. but a fresh, outside, wide-ranging, expert view. as i just said to someone privately, scan the entire array of internet administrative/infrastructural organizations. show me one that has a good, responsive, representative, open, ... governance structure. the ietf is interesting except it's a technocratic meritocracy. and i certainly would not call its governance open. i would make it clear that things such as policy, personalities, ... are out of scope. and i would beg to get some heavy hitters to help, which is why i keep plugging susan crawford as an example. there are others. i'd also suggest one non-board insider such as cja, so that questions about internals can be answered. yes, opening up the game is scary. it darned well should be. it could change the status quo. but that might be good for arin, good for the community, and good for the internet. randy