[arin-announce] Initial Slate of Board Candidates Announced - Petition Period Now Open

[ARIN]

Elections for two seats on the ARIN Board of Trustees will be held
online from 8 - 16 October, as the current terms of Board members Paul
Andersen and Aaron Hughes will conclude on 31 December 2015.

The following candidates have been put forward by the Nomination
Committee and agree to run for a position (with three-year term starting
in 2016) on the Board of Trustees:

    * Paul Andersen, EGATE Networks Inc.
    * Aaron Hughes, 6connect, Inc.
    * L. Sean Kennedy, XO Communications
    * Sandra Murphy, Parsons, Inc.

A compilation of candidate questionnaire responses is available in PDF
format at:

https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/candidate_bios.pdf

Please contact ARIN's Communications and Member Services Department at
info at arin.net if you have any questions.

Call for Petitions

Any individual, regardless of membership status, may be placed on the
ballot for election to the Board of Trustees by successful petition.
(ARIN bylaws, Article VIII, Section 2.b.)

Petition requests must be submitted by 16 September 2015. In order for
the candidate to be added to the ballot by petition, a petition must
obtain the support of at least 89 ARIN members (two percent of eligible
voters as of 20 July 2015 when nominations opened.) Members will have 14
days from the petition opening to register their support.  Details about
the petition process are available at:

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

If you are interested in submitting a petition to run for the ARIN Board
of Trustees, please send an email to info at arin.net with your name, phone
number, and organization affiliation.

ARIN will announce the final slate of candidates for the Board of
Trustees election prior to the opening of elections.

Congratulations and good luck to all of the candidates; we appreciate
your willingness to take an active role in guiding the future of the
Internet.

Regards,

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