From memsvcs at arin.net Thu Jul 6 16:02:34 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:02:34 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Call for Volunteers to Serve on Nomination Committee Message-ID: <44AD6C5A.9040609@arin.net> ARIN will soon issue a call for nominations for the 2006 Board of Trustees election. A Nomination Committee (NomCom) is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and certifying a properly selected slate of candidates for the ARIN Board of Trustees to be placed in nomination before the General Membership for election (Bylaws, Article VI, Section 4.c.). NomCom business is conducted via teleconference. The responsibilities of the Committee are explained in the Bylaws at: http://www.arin.net/about_us/corp_docs/bylaws.pdf The NomCom consists of two (2) representatives from the Board of Trustees, two (2) representatives from the Advisory Council, and three (3) representatives from ARIN General Members in good standing. General Member in good standing is defined at: http://www.arin.net/membership/index.html#gmigs We are currently seeking three (3) volunteer General Members in good standing to serve on the Committee. Please note that candidates for this year's Board of Trustees election are not eligible to serve on the NomCom. If you are willing to serve, please submit your name, e-mail address, ARIN member organization name, and ORG ID to memsvcs at arin.net no later than 23:59 ET on Wednesday, 12 July 2006. Three eligible member volunteers will be randomly selected to serve on the Committee. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Mon Jul 10 06:19:18 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 06:19:18 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Call for Volunteers to Serve on Nomination Committee Message-ID: <44B229A6.3090003@arin.net> A Nomination Committee (NomCom) is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and certifying a properly selected slate of candidates for the ARIN Board of Trustees to be placed in nomination before the General Membership for election (Bylaws, Article VI, Section 4.c.). We are currently seeking three (3) volunteer General Members in good standing to serve on the Committee. Please note that candidates for this year's Board of Trustees election are not eligible to serve on the NomCom. Submit your name, e-mail address, ARIN member organization, and ORG ID to memsvcs at arin.net no later than 23:59 ET on Wednesday, 12 July 2006. The Member Services Department will randomly select three eligible member volunteers to serve on the Committee. The NomCom consists of two representatives from the Board of Trustees (Bill Manning and Bill Woodcock), two representatives from the Advisory Council (Paul Andersen and Rob Seastrom), and the three representatives from ARIN General Members in good standing. General Member in good standing is defined at: http://www.arin.net/membership/index.html#gmigs NomCom business is conducted via teleconference. Details regarding the responsibilities of the Committee are in the Bylaws at: http://www.arin.net/about_us/corp_docs/bylaws.pdf Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Wed Jul 12 15:33:39 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:33:39 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Maintenance Work on Saturday, 15 July 2006 Message-ID: <44B54E93.7000304@arin.net> On Saturday, 15 July 2006, ARIN will perform network maintenance. This work is scheduled between 17:00 UTC 15 July, 2006 until 01:00 UTC 16 July, 2006, which is 13:00-21:00 EDT. During this period, users may experience intermittent dropped connections to ARIN's network services. Role mail will queue during this maintenance window. Auto response messages will resume at its conclusion. Please do not re-send your mail if you do not receive a ticket number right away. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our members and all in the Internet community. Regards, Ginny Listman Director of Engineering American Registry for Internet Numbers From memsvcs at arin.net Thu Jul 13 11:59:18 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:59:18 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Deadline for Policy Proposals - 12 August 2006 Message-ID: <44B66DD6.5000003@arin.net> The ARIN XVIII Public Policy Meeting will take place 11-12 October 2006 in St. Louis. New policy proposals must be submitted by 23:59 EDT, 12 August 2006, in order to be considered by the ARIN Advisory Council for possible inclusion on the ARIN XVIII agenda. This is in accordance with ARIN's Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process, which requires that proposed policies be submitted at least 60 days prior to the meeting. Those who wish to propose new ARIN number resource policies or modifications to existing policies must submit a Policy Proposal Template. The template must be sent via e-mail to policy at arin.net. The Policy Proposal Template can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep_template.html The ARIN Internet Resource Policy Evaluation Process can be found at: http://www.arin.net/policy/irpep.html Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Fri Jul 14 09:11:11 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:11:11 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Nominations: ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council Message-ID: <44B797EF.4020302@arin.net> ARIN is issuing an open call for General Members in good standing to nominate candidates for two (2) seats on the Board of Trustees and five (5) seats on the Advisory Council that become open when current terms expire on 31 December 2006. The Board of Trustees election has a Nomination Committee that is responsible for identifying, recruiting, and certifying a properly selected slate of candidates to be placed in nomination before the membership for election. This year?s NomCom members are: Bill Manning (Chair), Bill Woodcock, Paul Andersen, Rob Seastrom, Kevin Moshayedi, David Smith, and Michael Smith. New Board and Advisory Council terms are for three years and begin 1 January 2007. The Board seats opening are those currently held by Scott Bradner and John Curran. The Advisory Council seats opening are currently held by: Leo Bicknell, Mark Kosters, Lea Roberts, Robert Seastrom, and Stacy Taylor. Individuals may be re-elected for consecutive terms. Please note: 1. You must be a Trustee or an ARIN General Member in good standing (http://www.arin.net/membership/index.html#gmigs) to make nominations. However, those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Self-nominations from General Members in good standing are permitted. A petition process will be available to nonmembers seeking to nominate themselves for the Board of Trustees. 2. All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts 3. Nominations must be received by 17:00 ET on Tuesday, 15 August 2006. In accordance with ARIN?s Bylaws, each Trustee or General Member in good standing may make up to three nominations for each open seat. If you are interested in nominating yourself or any other individual to become a member of the Board of Trustees or Advisory Council, visit ARIN Election Headquarters to fill out the nomination form. http://app.arin.net/election/ ARIN will contact all nominees via e-mail and/or telephone to verify that they are willing and able to fulfill a three-year term. If ARIN cannot reach the nominee, the nomination will be rejected. Visit Election Headquarters at the URL above to view the qualifications for Board of Trustees and Advisory Council positions and for further information regarding the election process and timeline. Now is also a good time for members to check with ARIN Member Services to make certain that they have a designated member representative (DMR) eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Direct any questions to Member Services at memsvcs at arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Fri Jul 14 09:13:25 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:13:25 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Nominations: NRO NC ARIN Region Message-ID: <44B79875.30105@arin.net> This is an open call for nominations from the ARIN region to fill one (1) seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council that becomes vacant with the expiration of Louis Lee?s term on 31 December 2006. Candidates must be willing to serve a three (3) year term beginning 1 January 2007. Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please note that the NRO Number Council representatives now fulfill the role of ICANN?s ASO Address Council. Responsibilities of NRO NC representatives are outlined in the ASO Memorandum of Understanding at: http://www.nro.net/documents/aso-mou.html All NRO NC nominees from the ARIN region are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List published at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts If you are interested in nominating yourself or any other individual as a member of the Number Council, visit ARIN Election Headquarters to fill out the nomination form. http://app.arin.net/election/ Nominations will be accepted until 17:00 ET on Tuesday, 15 August 2006. ARIN will contact all nominees via e-mail and/or telephone to verify that they are willing and able to fulfill a three-year term. If ARIN cannot reach the nominee, the nomination will be rejected. Direct any questions concerning this process to Member Services at memsvcs at arin.net. Information on the NRO NC can be found at: http://www.aso.icann.org/ Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Mon Jul 17 16:20:11 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:20:11 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Second Quarter Newsletter Now Available Message-ID: <44BBF0FB.80109@arin.net> The latest issue of the "ARIN Review" is now available online at: http://www.arin.net/newsletter/ The ARIN Review is published quarterly. In this issue you will find: * ARIN XVII Report * ARIN XVIII Information * Meeting reports from ICANN, RIPE 52, AfriNIC 4, and LACNIC IX * NRO Represented in IGF Forum Advisory Group * Independent RFC Submissions Process * ASO AC Selection of ICANN Board Member * Board of Trustees and Advisory Council Actions * New Routing Registry Server Available * Changes to ARIN?s Ticketing System * Report on ARIN XVII Policy Proposals * 2006 Election Cycle Comments, questions, or suggestions for the newsletter can be sent to webmaster at arin.net. Regards, Member Services Department American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Mon Jul 24 13:54:57 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:54:57 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Call for Nominations: ARIN Board, ARIN AC, and NRO NC Message-ID: <44C50971.6040202@arin.net> ARIN is currently seeking nominations for the following positions as originally announced on 14 July: * Two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees * Five (5) seats on the ARIN Advisory Council * One (1) seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council Board of Trustees and Advisory Council: You must be a Trustee or ARIN General Member in good standing to make nominations for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council. However, those nominated do not need to be ARIN members. Self-nominations are permitted. A petition process is available to nonmembers seeking to nominate themselves for the Board of Trustees. NRO Number Council: Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominators are not required to be ARIN General Members in good standing. All nominees are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at: http://www.arin.net/elections/electionguidelines.html#conflicts Please take the time to nominate qualified candidates for these positions. The call for nominations closes at 17:00 ET on Tuesday, 15 August 2006. The nomination form is available through ARIN?s online Election Headquarters at: http://app.arin.net/election/ Now is also a good time for ARIN member organizations to check with Member Services to ensure they have a designated member representative (DMR) eligible to vote in the upcoming election. Direct any questions concerning this process to Member Services at memsvcs at arin.net. Regards, Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From memsvcs at arin.net Mon Jul 24 15:11:16 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:11:16 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN XVIII Hotel Reservations Now Available Message-ID: <44C51B54.90608@arin.net> To assist the community in making travel preparations for ARIN XVIII, ARIN is providing hotel reservation information before meeting registration opens. ARIN XVIII will be held 11-13 October 2006, back-to-back with NANOG 38 at the Adam's Mark Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The room rate for meeting attendees is $109 (USD) for single or double occupancy rooms. The hotel will honor this rate for attendees staying between 4 October 2006 and 17 October 2006, based on availability. This rate includes complimentary high speed Internet access in guest rooms, fitness center, and other recreation facilities. For those attending both NANOG 38 and ARIN XVIII, reservations may be made online at http://www.adamsmark.com/ARINNANOG06. For those just attending ARIN XVIII, reservations can be made at http://www.adamsmark.com/ARIN2006. To place your reservation, click on the "Book It!" link at the bottom of the page. Reservations can also be made by phone at 1-800-444-2326. If attending both meetings, please reference that you will be attending ARIN/NANOG to get the special attendee rate, or if just attending ARIN, please reference just the ARIN meeting. This hotel information is also available at http://www.arin.net/ARIN-XVIII/hotel.html. To be eligible for the special rate of $109 (USD), reservations must be made by 22 September 2006. For additional information about the Adam's Mark St. Louis Hotel, please see the hotel's website at http://www.adamsmark.com/stlouis/. Meeting registration for ARIN XVIII will open on 14 August 2006. Additional agenda details and more information about ARIN XVIII will be posted to our website as we get closer to the meeting, so check back often! Sponsorship opportunities are still available; please contact Erin Centanni at erinc at arin.net for details. Regards, Member Services Department American Registry for Internet Numbers From memsvcs at arin.net Mon Jul 31 17:24:47 2006 From: memsvcs at arin.net (Member Services) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:24:47 -0400 Subject: [arin-announce] Statement on the Registration Services Agreement Message-ID: <007901c6b4e7$bf8c3600$5f8888c0@arin.net> A document that provides information regarding the ARIN Registration Service Agreement (RSA) and the manner in which its content is managed can be found at http://www.arin.net/registration/agreements/rsa_comments.pdf. Raymond A. Plzak President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers