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

[ARIN]

Elections for two (2) seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five (5) 
seats on the ARIN Advisory Council will be held online 12-22 October.

The following candidates have agreed to run for office:

Board of Trustees:
* Rudolf Daniel, Independent Consultant Technologist
* Timothy Denton, CRTC
* Aaron Hughes, 6connect
* Jack Waters, Level 3 Communications
* Bill Woodcock, Packet Clearing House

Advisory Council:
* Dan Alexander, Comcast
* Kevin Blumberg, The Wire Inc.
* Randy Carpenter, First Network Group, Inc.
* Marc Crandall, Google
* Bill Darte, Washington University
* Kate do Forno, Teksavvy Solutions Inc.
* Robert Duncan, Merit Network
* David Farmer, University of Minnesota
* Joel Large, GLW Broadband
* John Sweeting, Time Warner Cable
* Randy Whitney, Verizon Business

Many of the candidates will address the membership on 12 October at 
ARIN's Public Policy and Members Meeting in Philadelphia. These
speeches, brief biographies and a form to voice support for candidates 
can be found online at ARIN Election Headquarters:

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

Designated member representatives (DMRs) from ARIN's General Members in 
good standing (https://www.arin.net/participate/membership/member.html)
as of 1 January 2011 will be asked to vote for two (2) candidates in the 
Board election and five (5) candidates in the Advisory Council election.
ARIN requires that a name and personalized email 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. Member organizations that are not in good standing or
do not have a valid DMR on file as of 27 September 2011 will not be 
eligible to vote. Please contact ARIN's Communications and Member
Services Department at info at arin.net to ensure you have a properly 
registered DMR. Contact collectionisp 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,

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