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

[ARIN]

General Members in good standing are invited to nominate candidates for 
two seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees and five seats on the Advisory 
Council (AC) that become open when current terms expire on 31 December 2013.

Please make your nomination at:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ARINNominate2013.

Nomination details are included below this message. Please direct any 
questions to info at arin.net.

New Board and AC terms begin 1 January 2014. Board members Paul Vixie 
and Vint Cerf, and AC representatives Cathy Aronson, Owen DeLong, Chris 
Grundemann, Scott Leibrand, Milton Mueller will conclude their current 
terms on 31 December 2013. Board and AC incumbents may be nominated to 
run for consecutive terms.

The Board and AC elections have a Nomination Committee (NomCom), 
responsible for identifying, recruiting, and certifying a properly 
selected slate of ARIN Board and AC candidates. This year's NomCom 
members are Board members Paul Andersen and Bill Woodcock; AC members 
Heather Schiller and Rob Seastrom; and general member volunteers Timothy 
Doherty, Dmitry Kohmanyuk, and Brian Sutterfield; and Bill Woodcock is 
serving as NomCom Chair. For more NomCom information, see the NomCom 
Charter at:

https://www.arin.net/about_us/committeecharters.html#nomcom

Regards,

Communications and Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)



Nomination Details

1. You must be a Trustee or an ARIN General Member in good standing to 
make nominations. However, those nominated do not need to be ARIN 
members. Self-nominations from General Members in good standing are 
permitted. For nomination information, see the ARIN Election System 
Instructions page at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/instructions.html#nominate

2. All nominees must confirm that they qualify to serve and do not 
violate the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/conflicts.html

3. Nominations must be received by 5:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, 20 August 
2013. In accordance with ARIN's Bylaws, each Trustee or General Member 
in good standing may make up to three nominations for each open seat.

4. Each nominee must submit the nominee questionnaire by 5pm ET 23 
August. The questionnaires are available for review on the Board and AC 
Election Procedures page at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html#botcv

5. ARIN will contact all nominees via email and/or phone 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.

6. ARIN encourages nominees to view the Requirements and 
Responsibilities of Board Members at:

https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot_requirements.html

and AC Members, at:

https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac_requirements.html