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

[Member Services]

Elections for three (3) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) 
seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 21-31 October. 
Details of the election procedures will be presented on 21 October at 
the Public Policy Meeting and will be posted on ARIN's website.

The final slate of candidates is:

Board of Trustees:

* Paul Andersen, EGATE Networks, Inc.
* Scott Bradner, Harvard University
* Lee Howard, Time Warner Cable
* Aaron Hughes, 6connect
* Frederick Silny, Charlotte Russe Holding, Inc.

Advisory Council:

* Mark Bayliss, Visual Link Internet
* John Brown, Citylink Fiber Holdings
* Rudolf Daniel, Independent
* Steve Feldman, CBS Interactive
* Wes George, Sprint
* Chris Grundemann, TW Telecom Inc / CO ISOC
* Stacy Hughes, Neustar
* Kevin Hunt, Hunt Brothers of Louisiana, LLC
* Mark Johnson, MCNC
* Ed Kern, Cisco
* Chris Morrow, Google
* Bill Sandiford, Telnet Communications
* Christopher Savage, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
* Heather Schiller, Verizon
* Rob Seastrom, Afilias
* Scott Weeks, Hawaiian Telcom
* Tom Zeller, Indiana University

Many of the candidates will address the membership at the 21 October 
Members Meeting in Dearborn. Individuals unable to attend the meeting 
can watch the live webcast to hear the speeches. These candidate 
speeches will be posted to the website within 3 days.

Brief biographies and a form to voice support for candidates can be 
found at:

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

Designated member representatives (DMR) from ARIN's General Members in 
good standing will be eligible to vote for three (3) 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. As stated in 
previous announcements, the deadline for establishing voter eligibility 
was 7 October 2009.

Warm regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)