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<div>On Oct 30, 2023, at 6:52 PM, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:</div>
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;">If
nominated, I'll run. If elected I'll serve. I won't nominate myself.</span></div>
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<div>Bill – </div>
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<div>Technically, you’ll need to nominate yourself at some point, as ARIN eliminated third-party nomination of </div>
<div>candidates in order to reduce complexity of the election process (i.e. eliminating some of the edge cases </div>
<div>that caught folks in the past regarding handling of last minute nominations versus candidate application </div>
<div>deadlines…) </div>
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<div>Mind you, that’s doesn’t preclude people from privately (or publicly) suggesting that you run – such can </div>
<div>be considered nearly the equivalent to “being nominated” if you choose to treat it in that manner.</div>
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<div>FYI,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>American Registry for Internet Numbers</div>
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