October 2020 - mice-discuss - lists.micemn.net

MN VoIP Remote Switch Upgrade

by Jay Hanke

Port Ethernet6/6/1 on the main switch has been allocated to MN VoIP. The port will be in a LAG configuration with their existing 100G port for a total of 2x100G IP addresses will remain the same. Welcome aboard! -- Jay Hanke, President South Front Networks jayhanke(a)southfront.io Phone 612-204-0000

Oct. 27, 2020

Fwd: [arin-announce] Vote Now in the 2020 ARIN Elections

by David Farmer

It's that time of year, again. Voting has opened for the ARIN election and will remain open to 5:00 PM ET, Friday, October 30th. Please take the time to vote if you are a designated voting contact for ARIN for your organization. Thank you, and Please VOTE!! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ARIN <info(a)arin.net> Date: Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM Subject: [arin-announce] Vote Now in the 2020 ARIN Elections To: arin-announce(a)arin.net <arin-announce(a)arin.net> Eligible Voting Contacts from General Members in Good Standing may now cast online ballots in the 2020 ARIN Elections to fill two seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five seats on the ARIN Advisory Council. Ballots may be cast now through 5:00 PM ET, Friday, 30 October. To vote, simply log in to ARIN Online with a user account associated with a voting contact for an eligible Member in Good Standing and look for the “Vote Now” link on your dashboard. Additional instructions are available at https://www.arin.net/voting/ For information about the candidates, there are several options: * You may view video of candidate speeches and review statements of support and candidate questionnaire responses at https://www.bigpulse.com/p60984/ * Read the collected candidate biographies in the ARIN Elections 2020 Voter Guide at https://www.arin.net/participate/oversight/elections/candidate_bios.pdf * Starting Monday, 26 October, you can view the Board and Advisory Council Candidate Forums that took place during the virtual ARIN 46 Members Meeting at https://www.arin.net/elections/ Statements of Support are still open for submissions through 30 October. To view or submit a Statement of Support, please visit the link above. Anyone, regardless of voter status, is eligible to submit a Statement of Support for a candidate. During the week of 26 – 30 October, all eligible Voting Contacts will receive regular email reminders and may receive a personal call from an ARIN representative reminding them to please vote. Those who have already voted should not receive any further reminders. As the voting contact for an eligible member organization, participation in ARIN Elections requires only minutes of your time and is not only a key member responsibility, but is an opportunity to shape the future of ARIN, our community, and the Internet. For questions about voting, or if you encounter an issue with the election system, please contact us immediately at members(a)arin.net. You may also submit a question via ARIN Online and direct it to Meetings/Elections. Thank you for your participation in the 2020 ARIN Elections! Regards, Jason Byrne Senior Customer Success Analyst American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) _______________________________________________ ARIN-Announce You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Announce Mailing List (ARIN-announce(a)arin.net) Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-announce Please contact info(a)arin.net if you experience any issues. -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 ===============================================

Oct. 23, 2020

UG 36 Meeting (1 Hour Reminder)

by Richard Laager

On 9/14/20 3:55 PM, Richard Laager wrote: > The MICE UG 36 meeting will be held Wednesday, October 7, 3:00 pm, > online at: https://meet.google.com/zgg-eeyu-dxz > > The agenda and draft UG 35 minutes are attached. > > If something goes wrong with the Google Meet, we can fall back to the > phone conference: 952-562-5400 passcode MICE (6423). Note that the > phone conference will /not/ connect you to the Google Meet meeting; > this is purely a backup plan. > > *Election* > > At this meeting, we will be holding an election for a board seat. The > board consists of three seats with staggered terms, such that one seat > comes up for re-election each year (at the fall meeting). This year, > Anthony's seat is up for election. > > As in the past, we will close nominations in advance of the meeting so > people have a chance to instruct a proxy appropriately. *Nominations > will be open for two weeks (so until the end of September 28).* > > If we end up with only one person running (like last time), then > voting is a formality. But if we end up with a contested election, we > will need to vote. I don't know of a good way to do secret balloting > by Google Meet, nor am I particularly familiar with separate services > to do the same. Suggestions are welcome if you don't like the > following plan: > > My current plan is to roll call for (public) votes at the meeting to > give people that option, but in practice, I'm guessing people will > want to vote by email for convenience. > > The bylaws state that you send proxies to the Chief Manager (me, > Richard Laager), and electronic means are acceptable. So a simple > email is sufficient: rlaager(a)wiktel.com <mailto:rlaager@wiktel.com> > or, if you prefer, chiefmanager(a)micemn.net > <mailto:chiefmanager@micemn.net> works too. > > If you send me a /vote/ by email (e.g. "We vote for <X>."), I will > treat it as an a proxy appointment, appointing me to vote on your > behalf, but restricted to /only/ the election item and to /only/ vote > for the candidate you expressed. So then at the meeting, I will say > something like, "On behalf of members X, Y, and Z, I cast 1 vote for A > and 2 votes for B." This will provide /some/ anonymization (obviously, > /I/ will know how you voted). > > If you send me a proxy with different instructions (e.g. "We appoint > <Y> to vote for us."), obviously that will be honored as written. > > -- > Richard > -- Richard

Oct. 7, 2020