Re: [aso-policy] Re: [AC-COORD] Draft minutes: 1 August 2007 ACteleconference]

["Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@gmail.com>]

On 8/12/07, Paul Wilson <pwilson@apnic.net> wrote:
> Martin,
>
> The secretariat does have procedures and they have been described a number
> of times.  In particular we have stressed that those who wish to be called
> need to submit their numbers 24 hours in advance.  This is a requirement of
> the phone service operator; while we could possibly find an operator
> without this requirement, we also have had serious problems with quality of
> alternative systems, and it is a non-trivial exercise to change operators.


> This investment of time and effort is not warranted at this time in my
> opinion.


> I am very sorry that the wrong number was provided for you in the latest
> instance, and everyone here will do their utmost to ensure that such an
> error does not happen again.  I need to ask you to reciprocate by following
> the established procedures for AC calls in future.

I'm sorry, Paul, but that's out of context. If you refer to the ASO AC
minutes it's clear that this is not a new problem, nor a problem
related to an individual. You'll also note that there are multiple
complaints about the service over the last few quarters and complaints
from people in almost all of the regions that the AC represents. The
issue that has been highlighted is that of _interference with
participation_.

If I can actually get on future calls, and then if I can actually hear
what's being said, I promise not to make motions to stop the calls and
reschedule our work until we can actually hear everything that is
taking place.

I'm sad that you don't take the ASO AC as seriously as I do, as
evidenced by your lack of interest noted in the first paragraph. In
fact, it may have been easier to just deal with the problem than spend
the last 3 hours figuring out how to respond.

Best Regards,

Martin Hannigan
ASO AC Member, ARIN Region






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