[arin-announce] Call for Nominations: ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council

[Member Services]

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 2007.

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: Scott Bradner 
(Chair), Bill Woodcock, Cathy Aronson, Rob Seastrom, Charles Gucker, 
Tine Hutchison, Jason Malacko.

New Board and Advisory Council terms are for three years and begin 1 
January 2008. The Board seats opening are those currently held by Bill 
Manning and Paul Vixie. The Advisory Council seats opening are currently 
held by: Paul Andersen, Cathy Aronson, Marla Azinger, Ron da Silva, and 
Alex Rubenstein. 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 Wednesday, 22 August 
2007. 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.

https://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 info at arin.net.

Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)