From info at arin.net Tue Dec 2 09:24:14 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:24:14 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Reminder: Call for ICANN Board Nominations close 31 December 2014 Message-ID: <547DCB8E.7080206@arin.net> This message is sent on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) *** The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) call for nominations for Seat Number 9 on the ICANN Board will close at 23:59 UTC on 31 December 2014. The ASO AC election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO Operating Procedures and are available on the ASO website at: https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/ Article VI of the ICANN Bylaws states that: "At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.? The ASO AC selection for Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors resides in the APNIC region, so nominees for Seat 9 cannot reside in the APNIC region. Submit nominations by email to nominations2015 at aso.icann.org including the following information: * Full name of the person being nominated * Contact email address for the person being nominated * Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated * Full name of the person making the nomination * Contact email address for the person making the nomination * Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification declaring that they are of good character. The selected candidate will undergo an independent due diligence review by an ICANN contractor, and announcement of the candidate will follow once this review has been successfully completed. The time frame for the selection process is as follows: - Nomination Phase ? 24 October 2014 to 31 December 2014 - Comment Phase ? 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2015 - Interview Phase ? 1 February 2015 to 31 March 2015 - Selection Process ? 1 April 2015 to 17 April 2015 - Due Diligence Review ? 18 April 2015 to 31 May 2015 - Announcement ? no later than 1 June 2015 All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified. For further information and ongoing notices about the selection process, please visit: https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2015-elections/ Regards, ASO Secretariat secretariat at aso.icann.org From info at arin.net Tue Dec 2 11:01:36 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:01:36 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Call For Volunteers to Serve on Fellowship Selection Committee Message-ID: <547DE260.8040608@arin.net> Every ARIN Public Policy and Members Meeting features a Meeting Fellowship Program that provides financial support and mentoring to three individuals from within ARIN's service region to attend and participate. ARIN is currently seeking General Members in Good Standing to serve on the 2015 Selection Committee. These volunteers will review all eligible applications and select the recipients of these fellowships. To qualify for this committee, volunteers must have attended at least one ARIN Public Policy and Members Meeting in the past three years and be able to contribute approximately three hours of work selecting Fellows in mid February and mid-August 2015. Committee members will be subscribed to an email list where information will be exchanged and discussed, and they must also attend any conference calls held during the selection process. In addition to the General Members in Good Standing, the Selection Committee includes one representative from the Board of Trustees and one representative from the Advisory Council. Become more involved with ARIN and volunteer for the 2015 Selection Committee by sending an email with your name, contact info, and last meeting attended to info at arin.net by 9 December 2014 with the subject line "SC Volunteer." The ARIN Board of Trustees will appoint two representatives from the volunteer pool of General Members. Learn more about the Selection Committee by visiting: https://www.arin.net/about_us/committeecharters.html#fellowship To learn more about the Fellowship Program go to: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/fellowship.html Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at arin.net Mon Dec 8 11:11:17 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:11:17 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Membership tops 5,000! Message-ID: <5485CDA5.9060108@arin.net> ARIN is a member-based organization, and we couldn't have made it this far without the support and guidance of our Membership. Since our inception, you have participated in 34 Public Policy and Members Meetings, initiated and discussed over 88 community-developed policies, and cast over 21,000 votes in ARIN Elections. Thank you! We rely on our members to be "good citizens" by voting in elections, attending meetings, and participating in the policy process, so we can continue to fulfill our mission. The primary benefit and responsibility of the ARIN Membership is voting each year in ARIN Elections for the ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council. So we especially appreciate all the Designated Member Representatives (DMRs) of member organizations who vote in ARIN Elections. To learn more about ARIN membership, visit: https://www.arin.net/about_us/membership/index.html Thank you ARIN Members for all of your vital work and we look forward to watching our membership numbers continue to rise as the Internet soars to unseen heights! Regards, Susan Hamlin Director, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Dec 11 15:20:32 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:20:32 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Online Maintenance Scheduled for Saturday Message-ID: <5489FC90.3030107@arin.net> ARIN Online will undergo maintenance from 7:00 AM until approximately 5:00 PM EST on Saturday, 13 December. During this time, ARIN Online accounts will be inaccessible, transactions submitted via ARIN's RESTful Provisioning service will be rejected, and any mail sent to ARIN Registration Services will be queued and not immediately acknowledged. Once maintenance has been completed, ARIN Online accounts will be accessible and queued mail will be processed. Any RESTful calls sent during the outage are not queued, and must be resubmitted after the maintenance period. All other ARIN publicly available services (Whois, IRR, RPKI Repository Services, etc) will be available during this outage. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technology Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Sat Dec 13 14:55:39 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 14:55:39 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] New Features Added to ARIN Online Message-ID: <548C99BB.70703@arin.net> ARIN is pleased to present the latest version of ARIN Online, including many improvements, new features, and enhancements. Full release notes are included below this message. All ARIN systems have been restored and are now operating normally. We thank you for your patience. Please send any questions, comments, or issues to hostmaster at arin.net. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technology Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) Release Notes: > Pre-approval information now displays on organization data page for organizations that have been pre-approved via ARIN's Specified Transfer Listing Service (STLS) or via Specified Transfers within ARIN Online. STLS may used for pre-approval by organizations who need IPv4/ASNs, and by those who want to make their unused IPv4/ASNs available for transfer under the 8.3 or 8.4 transfer policies. > POC validation email text has been streamlined for clarity > Various minor improvements and bug fixes From info at arin.net Tue Dec 16 11:01:46 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:01:46 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Apply Now For ARIN Fellowship in San Francisco Message-ID: <5490576A.8090506@arin.net> Apply now for the ARIN Meeting Fellowship program and take advantage of this great opportunity to join us at ARIN 35 in San Francisco from 12-15 April 2015. If you have never attended an ARIN meeting, we invite you to come and learn more about ARIN services, meet industry peers and voice your opinions in policy discussions. Take a few minutes and submit your application before the Feb. 13 deadline at: https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/fellowship.html Selected Fellows will receive free airfare, hotel, and a stipend. Three fellowships are available, one for each area of the ARIN service region: Caribbean, USA, and Canada. This program was developed to encourage new participants, so if you regularly attend ARIN meetings please forwarding this information to a colleague in order to help ARIN cultivate new voices. Please direct any questions you have to info at arin.net. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Dec 18 14:05:29 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:05:29 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Consultation Closed: Future Direction for the ARIN Fee Schedule Message-ID: <54932579.8080405@arin.net> On December 09, 2014, ARIN concluded its consultation with the community with regards to the Future Direction for the ARIN Fee Schedule: https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/community_consult/10-10-2014_fee_schedule.html The ARIN Board of Trustees will review the feedback received at an upcoming Board meeting, after which we will report back to the community. ARIN thanks everyone who contributed to this consultation. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Dec 19 11:17:27 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:17:27 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] CRISP Draft Proposal Now Available Message-ID: <54944F97.7080201@arin.net> This message is reposted on behalf of the NRO and the CRISP Team: The first draft of the Internet numbers community's response to the Request For Proposals issued by the IANA Stewardship Coordination Group (ICG) is now published. This draft has been prepared by the Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal (CRISP) team, and we are now seeking feedback on this draft from the global community. Draft proposal: https://www.nro.net/crisp-proposal-first-draft The deadline for providing feedback is 5 January 2015 How to engage in discussions: All global discussions the CRISP team will consider as community feedback will be conducted on the mailing list. Subscription to the global mailing list: https://www.nro.net/mailman/listinfo/ianaxfer Key points: ICANN to continue as an operator of the IANA function Exchange SLA with ICANN as the IANA function operator on number resources Review Committee with representatives from each RIR region Key dates: First draft published: 19 Dec 2014 First draft comments close: 5 Jan 2015 Second draft to be published: 8 Jan 2015 Second draft comments close: 12 Jan 2015 Final proposal to be sent to ICG: 15 Jan 2015 References: Discussions by CRISP Team Details of all the CRISP team's work to date, including recordings, minutes and agendas of all CRISP teleconferences and a public archive of the internal CRISP team mailing list, are available at: https://nro.net/crisp-team All CRISP team discussions are open to observers. Other links: ICG request for proposals: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-09-03-en The IANA Stewardship Transition Discussion in each RIR region: https://www.nro.net/timeline-engagement Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Dec 22 08:04:14 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:04:14 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Last reminder - Call for ICANN Board Nominations Message-ID: <549816CE.4050806@arin.net> This message is sent on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) ________________________________________________________________________ Last Reminder: Call for ICANN Board Nominations Close 31 December 2014 ________________________________________________________________________ This is a last reminder of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) call for nominations for Seat Number 9 on the ICANN Board. Nominations period will close at 23:59 UTC on 31 December 2014. The ASO AC election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO Operating Procedures and are available on the ASO website at: https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/ Article VI of the ICANN Bylaws states that: "At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.? The ASO AC selection for Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors resides in the APNIC region, so nominees for Seat 9 cannot reside in the APNIC region. Submit nominations by email to nominations2015 at aso.icann.org including the following information: * Full name of the person being nominated * Contact email address for the person being nominated * Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated * Full name of the person making the nomination * Contact email address for the person making the nomination * Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification declaring that they are of good character. The selected candidate will undergo an independent due diligence review by an ICANN contractor, and announcement of the candidate will follow once this review has been successfully completed. The time frame for the selection process is as follows: - Nomination Phase ? 24 October 2014 to 31 December 2014 - Comment Phase ? 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2015 - Interview Phase ? 1 February 2015 to 31 March 2015 - Selection Process ? 1 April 2015 to 17 April 2015 - Due Diligence Review ? 18 April 2015 to 31 May 2015 - Announcement ? no later than 1 June 2015 All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified. For further information and ongoing notices about the selection process, please visit: https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2015-elections/ Regards, ASO Secretariat secretariat at aso.icann.org From info at arin.net Mon Dec 22 15:41:01 2014 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:41:01 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Happy Holidays from ARIN! Message-ID: <549881DD.1040405@arin.net> ARIN wishes you a happy holiday season! Thanks to everyone who has contributed to ARIN's mission this year. We look forward to your continued participation and to welcoming many new voices into our community in 2015. ARIN's 2014 Holiday Card video may be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5AHDv9oNuc