[arin-announce] Reminder: Initial Candidate Slates for 2009 Elections & Call for Petitions

[John Curran]

ARIN Community -

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.

The following candidates have been selected and have agreed to run for  
office:

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, Guavus, Inc
* Kevin Hunt, Hunt Brothers of Louisiana, LLC
* Mark Johnson, MCNC
* Kevin Kargel, Polar Communications
* Ed Kern, Cisco
* Chris Morrow, Google
* Christopher Savage, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
* Heather Schiller, Verizon
* Rob Seastrom, Afilias
* Scott Weeks, Hawaiian Telcom
* Tom Zeller, Indiana University

With the announcement of the initial slates of candidates, ARIN opens  
a call for nominations to the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council  
through a petition process. In accordance with Article VIII, Section  
2.b. of the ARIN Bylaws, any individual, regardless of membership  
status, may petition to be placed on the ballot for election to the  
Board of Trustees or Advisory Council by successfully completing the  
ARIN petition process.

Petition requests must be received by Tuesday 22 September, 2009. To  
be considered a candidate, each petitioner must obtain the support of  
the designated member representatives from at least 172 General  
Members in good standing. Petition support must be received by  
Tuesday, 6 October 2009. You can read more about the petition  
processes for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council elections at:

   Board of Trustees - https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/ac.html#petp_pro
   Advisory Council - https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/board.html#p_process

ARIN will announce the final slates of candidates for the Board of  
Trustees and Advisory Council elections on Friday, 9 October.

Warm regards,

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