From info at arin.net Thu Nov 7 14:30:52 2024 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:30:52 -0500 Subject: [General-members] 2024 ARIN Election Results Message-ID: <0053E739-8931-4F49-80D3-A920EC0C322F@arin.net> The 2024 ARIN Elections concluded at 7:00 PM ET on Friday, 1 November, and ARIN wishes to congratulate those elected by the community to serve on the ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council (AC) and the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). Board of Trustees Ron da Silva has been elected, and incumbents Peter Harrison and Chris Tacit have been reelected to the Board of Trustees. Each will serve a three-year term commencing 1 January 2025. I hope you will join me and the rest of the Board of Trustees in thanking William Charnock, Chris Roosenraad, Keith Mitchell, John Brown, David Zumwalt, Shernon Osepa, Mike Burns, Altie Jackson, Philip Inshanally, and Adrian Schmidt for their participation in this year?s election. Their interest in contributing to ARIN?s future, and their concern for the governance of the organization and the Internet are deeply appreciated, and we look forward to their continued participation. Advisory Council Lily Botsyoe and William Herrin have been elected, and incumbents Kathleen Hunter, Chris Woodfield, and Alicia Trotman have been reelected to the AC for three-year terms beginning 1 January 2025. The Board of Trustees thanks Daniel Schatte, Matthew Cowen, E. Marie Brierley, and Andr?s Mayhew for their participation in this year?s AC elections and looks forward to their continued involvement in our community, including Internet number resource policy development. NRO Number Council Amy Potter has been elected to a seat on the NRO NC from the ARIN region. Her three-year term will begin 1 January 2025. The Board of Trustees wishes to thank Frank Petrilli and Andrew Gallo for their participation as candidates in this year?s election and looks forward to their continued participation within the global Internet community. Thanks and Appreciation We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation and thanks to outgoing AC member Daniel Schatte, who has contributed to our community and done tremendous work in his role on the Advisory Council and beyond, and NRO NC member Chris Quesada, whose commitment has made an impact on the global Internet community. Regards, John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) 2024 Nomination Process Summary In accordance with the ARIN Bylaws and ARIN Election Processes: - A call for nominations for the Board of Trustees, AC, and NRO NC went out to the ARIN community via the ARIN Announce and General Members mailing lists and ARIN?s website. ARIN?s Call for Nominations closed at the specified date and time as publicly announced, after a brief extension of the Board nomination deadline. - The ARIN Nomination Committee confirmed the slate of candidates, noting assessed qualifications. Three nominations were received for the NRO NC, ten nominations were received for the AC and thirteen were received for the Board; all are present on the Final Slate of Candidates except for one AC nominee who withdrew their candidacy. - ARIN?s President and CEO notified the General Membership of the slate of candidates. - Candidate biographies were posted to the ARIN website and the Voting Contacts of all eligible General Members in Good Standing were sent an email with a link to the 2024 Voter Guide that contained the candidate biographies and given the opportunity to read and post Statements of Support for each candidate. All candidates were subscribed to the General Members mailing list, and all voting contacts and Points of Contacts of eligible General Members were notified of the availability of the list and the opportunity to engage with candidates. - Each candidate was provided an opportunity to record a video addressing the community at the ARIN 54 Public Policy and Members Meeting on Thursday, 24 October 2024. 2024 Election Process Summary - ARIN President and CEO John Curran certified a list of eligible member organizations and affiliated Voting Contacts. ARIN Board of Trustee Nancy Carter confirmed the President?s review. - Online voting for eligible General Members in Good Standing began 24 October 2024 at 3:00 PM ET. Voting closed eight days later (1 November 2024 at 7:00 PM ET). All online votes were confirmed. - Quorum in the Board and AC elections was achieved as ballots were cast by over 5% of the total eligible General Membership. - Adherence to approved voting procedures and the vote tally were confirmed by ARIN President and CEO John Curran, ARIN Board of Trustee Nancy Carter, and ARIN General Counsel Michael Abejuela. - The results are provided below. The election process and results have been verified according to the requirements of the ARIN Bylaws. Election Results For detailed results, please see the web version of this announcement at https://www.arin.net/announcements/20241107_results/. 2024 Voter Statistics - 2,023 ARIN General Members in total as of 9 September 2024 - 1,963 ARIN eligible organizations* as of 17 October 2024 - Active Participation Amongst ARIN General Membership: 959 ARIN General Members cast ballots (via 789 Voting Contacts) *ARIN General Member in Good Standing with a properly registered Voting Contact linked to an ARIN Online account as of 17 October 2024 (the deadline for Voting Contact updates).