[governance] On the topic of disclosure, openness, and the TABL

[John Curran]

On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> ... Curran, are you still a paid flunky of ARIN?

I am ARIN's President and CEO since June of last year; it is 
indeed a paid position (prior to then, I served as a Trustee 
and Chairman of the Board of ARIN for 12 years; trustees do 
not receive compensation for their service)

> ... With the implication that you will say and do anything that serves those organization's interests?

I do as directed by the Board of Trustees to serve the mission of 
the organization as they can best determine (note that serving the 
mission of the organization is *not* same as serving the direct
interests of the organization; e.g. if ARIN's mission was best served 
by dissolution and release of myself & the staff, then so be it...)  
An independent volunteer Board elected at large is essential to 
keeping the organization focused on its actual mission and not 
simply self-propagation.

I will not attempt to delve into the definition of civil society, 
but will note that a not-for-profit organization using best practices 
in openness and governance might be considered by many to be more 
accountable to the community than some of the loose coalitions based 
on assertions of "shared interests and values"...   (For an excellent 
look into the openness of the governing practices of various Internet 
organizations, I recommend the following COE/UNECE/APC study):
<http://www.coe.int/t/dgap/democracy/Activities/GGIS/Public_participation_internet_governance/Internet_Governance_Report_Souter_May09.pdf>

> And oh, it doesn't matter what you say or prove in the reports, they don't read. All that matters is who commissioned it. 

That might be the case for some in the field, but I can assure you that 
I read your TABL study, and directly reference it my submission to the 
ITU IPv6 Study Group, which you can read online at the link below 
(apologies for not referencing the ITU website, but an "open" ITU study 
group doesn't seem to imply public access to any of the materials):
<http://www.scribd.com/doc/29487289/ARIN-Contribution-to-ITU-T-IPv6-Study-Group>

/John

John Curran
President and CEO (now also known as "paid flunky" ;-)
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)




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