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
It would've taken you less time to re-subscribe to the prior conference service than writing this.