On Nov 9, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
2) The process followed to get here is totally broken. Bill hit the nail on the head, and it's archived on ARIN's web site: Text in Sep: http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2011-September/023170.html Text in Oct: http://lists.arin.net/pipermail/arin-ppml/2011-October/023362.html
Near as I can tell the feedback in the October meeting made the AC want to do a _total rewrite of the entire policy_, which they turned around in under a week and shoved directly into the last call process.
Leo - To be clear, the ARIN Advisory Council (ARIN AC) is definitely following the current ARIN policy development process. If they weren't, I would be obligated to directly intervene. It is true that the present Policy Development process allows the AC ample latitude in changing the policy proposals, with the requirement that if the Advisory Council sends a draft policy to last call that is different from the one presented at the public policy meeting, then the Advisory Council will provide an explanation for all changes made to the text. My message to NANOG was to encourage folks to speak out on the PPML mailing list regarding their thoughts on the draft policy, as that is the forum where the input will have the most impact. I will note that ARIN also just completed an open consultation on a revised Policy Development Process, and while it has closed, I will take directly any suggestions that you have for changes to that process that you feel are necessary. Thanks! /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN