ACSP Suggestion 2024.7: Create Mandatory Mailing List for General Members
Suggestion
Author: Andrew Dul
Submitted On: 15 April 2024
Description: Create a general member mailing list that all general members are subscribed to as a requirement of being a general member.
Value to Community: Currently the general-members list does not contain all the members. Today this list only contains about 10% of the members. It would be useful for ARIN and other general members to be able to communicate with all members in some circumstances. Initial suggestion would be for the list to be announce type list where ARIN is the only authorized poster. It might also be useful to consider if the list could be a moderated list in the future, if desired by the whole general member community.
Timeframe: Not specified
Status: Open Updated: 30 May 2024
Tracking Information
ARIN Comment
30 May 2024
Thank you for your suggestion, numbered 2024.7 upon confirmed receipt, recommending that ARIN automatically subscribe General Members to a mailing list as a requirement of General Membership. From 1999 to 2021, ARIN operated the ARIN Discussion mailing list as an auto-subscribed list for all ARIN member organizations. Since this list’s retirement in 2021, ARIN has adopted the position of all our mailing lists being opt-in only. This change was made to respect member preferences and privacy, ensuring that all subscribers are genuinely interested in the content and fostering more engaged and meaningful discussions.
ARIN General Members are encouraged to subscribe to the General Member Mailing List, which is open to only General Member organizations and is intended for discussions relevant to ARIN’s governance. While we do not plan to require General Members to subscribe to the General Member Mailing List, we will augment the General Membership request form in ARIN Online to highlight availability of the General Member mailing list and allow requesting subscription to the list at the time of general membership request.
Your suggestion will remain open until we implement improvements to the General Membership request form. Thank you for participating in ARIN’s Consultation and Suggestion Process.
Regards,
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)