[arin-announce] Initial Slate of Candidates Announced for ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council

Elections for two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) 
seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 19-26 October.

The following candidates have agreed to run for office:

Board of Trustees:
* Lyman Chapin, Interisle Consulting Group, LLC
* Elise Gerich, Juniper Networks
* Edward Lewis, NeuStar
* Bill Manning, ep.net
* Danny McPherson, Arbor Networks, Inc.
* Chris Ranch, Hostway Corporation
* Cal Thixton, ThoughtPort Authority of Chicago, Inc, DBA SpeedSite 
OnLine DBA Power Web Connect
* Paul Vixie, Internet Systems Consortium


Advisory Council:
* Paul Andersen, Toronto Internet Exchange / EGATE Networks Inc.
* Cathy Aronson, Daydream Imagery
* Marla Azinger, Frontier Communications
* John Cavallaro, Cablevision
* Owen DeLong, JITTR Networks
* David Divins, ServerVault
* Tine Hutchison, United Online
* Scott Leibrand, Internap
* Mark McFadden, BT Americas
* David Williamson, Tellme Networks
* Ed Winstead, MCNC/NCREN


Many of the candidates will address the membership at the 19 October 
Members Meeting in Albuquerque. Brief biographies and a form to voice 
support for candidates can be found online at ARIN Election Headquarters:

https://app.arin.net/election/

Designated member representatives (DMRs) from ARIN’s General Members in 
good standing (http://www.arin.net/membership/index.html#gmigs) will be 
asked to vote for two (2) candidates in the Board election and five (5) 
candidates in the Advisory Council election. ARIN Member Services 
requires a name and personalized e-mail address be on record for the 
DMR; role accounts are not acceptable. Voter eligibility must be 
established at least 14 calendar days prior to the fourth quarter ARIN 
Members Meeting. Organizations that are not in good standing or do not 
have a valid DMR on file as of 5 October 2007 will not be eligible to 
vote. Please e-mail Member Services at info at arin.net to ensure you have 
a properly registered DMR. Contact billing at arin.net if you have any 
questions about your organization’s billing status.

Congratulations and good luck to all of the candidates. ARIN appreciates 
your willingness to take an active role in guiding the organization.

Warm regards,

Raymond A. Plzak
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)