The ASO AC has announced today it has extended its deadline for the nomination period for the selection of seat 10 on the ICANN Board of Directors.

Nominations will close now on Thursday January 7th 2015 at 23:59 UTC

As a consequence of the nomination period extension the new timeline will be as follows

Nomination Phase   Wednesday 30 September 2015 to Thursday 7 January 2016
Comment Phase      Friday 8 January 2016 to Thursday 7 April 2016
Interview phase    Sunday 7 February 2016 to Thursday 7 April 2016
Selection Process  Friday 8 April 2016 to  Friday 29 April 2016
Diligence review   Saturday 30 April 2016 to Monday 13 June 2016
Announcement       Around 13 June 2016

The ICANN Bylaws state that no two directors selected by a Supporting Organization can come from the same geographic region. Because the ASO AC selection for Seat 9 is from the ARIN region, nominees for Seat 10 cannot also come from this region.

All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification declaring that they are of good character. The selected candidate will undergo an independent due diligence review by an ICANN contractor, and announcement of the candidate will follow once this review has been successfully completed.

Community members are invited to submit nominations by email to nominations2016 [at] aso [dot] icann [dot] org, including the following information:

– The full name of the person being nominated
– Contact email address for the person being nominated
– Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated
– The full name of the person making the nomination
– Contact email address for the person making the nomination
– Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination

The election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, which are available at:

https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/

For further information and ongoing notices about the selection process, please visit:

https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2016-elections/

Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) calls for nominations for Seat Number 10 on the ICANN Board of Directors.

Nominations will close at 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 13 December 2015.

The time frame for the selection process is as follows:

– Nomination Phase – 30 September 2015 to 13 December 2015
– Comment Phase – 14 December 2015 to 13 March 2016
– Interview Phase – 13 January 2016 to 13 March 2016
– Selection Process – 14 March 2016 to 4 April 2016
– Due Diligence Review – 5 April 2016 to 20 May 2016
– Announcement – Around 21 May 2016

The ICANN Bylaws state that no two directors selected by a Supporting Organization can come from the same Geographic Region. Because the ASO AC selection for Seat 9 is from the ARIN region, nominees for Seat 10 cannot also come from this region.

All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification declaring that they are of good character. The selected candidate will undergo an independent due diligence review by an ICANN contractor, and announcement of the candidate will follow once this review has been successfully completed.

Community members are invited to submit nominations by email to nominations2016@aso.icann.org, including the following information:

– The full name of the person being nominated
– Contact email address for the person being nominated
– Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated
– The full name of the person making the nomination
– Contact email address for the person making the nomination
– Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination

The election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, which are available at:

https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/

For further information and ongoing notices about the selection process, please visit:

https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2016-elections/

On 22 September, the ARIN Board of Trustees appointed John Sweeting to serve on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region for the remaining two years of Ron da Silva’s original appointment term, thus through 31 December 2017. John was appointed in July to serve out the end of the first year of Ron’s term.

Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at:
https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council

Tomohiro Fujisaki has been an appointed member of ASO AC / NRO NC for the APNIC region since 2009, and an elected member since 2012. Tomohiro’s new term will run from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017.

Aftab Siddiqui has served in the ASO AC / NRO NC since 1 January 2014 as the member appointed by the APNIC Executive Council. Aftab’s new term will run from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

Election details can be found at https://conference.apnic.net/40/elections

AFRINIC Board has re-appointed Mark Elkins position in the the NRO NC/ASO AC, for a one-year term from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

On 14 July, the ARIN Board of Trustees appointed John Sweeting to serve on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region. John is an interim appointment for the remainder of the year to the seat opened by Ron da Silva’s resignation on 1 July. The Board will appoint a replacement for the remaining two-years (2016 – 2017) of Ron da Silva’s term during ARIN’s regular election/appointment process in October 2015.

Ron Da Silva has resigned from the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) effective 1 July 2015. ARIN thanks Ron for his years of service to the Number Council and community and wishes him the very best in his future endeavors. Ron was recently elected to serve a three-year term on Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors, beginning at the conclusion of the October 2015 ICANN meeting.

This seat on the NRO NC was appointed by the ARIN Board of Trustees, and there are two (2) remaining years in its term. Per the ARIN NRO NC election/appointment procedures, the Board will appoint to fill this seat after the nomination period of the upcoming general election cycle. The Board will consider whether to appoint an interim NRO Number Council member to serve until the general election during its 14 July 2015 Board teleconference.

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

The LACNIC Region reappointed Ricardo Patara as member of the ASO Address Council / NRO Number Council.

His new term will begin Jan. 1st,2016 until Dec. 31st, 2018.

The ASO AC is pleased to announce that Ron da Silva has been elected to serve for a three-year term on Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors.

Ron da Silva’s term will start right after the conclusion of the ICANN Meeting that will be held in Dublin in October 2015.

A brief biography of Mr. da Silva is available on the ASO website at:

https://aso.icann.org/ron-da-silva/

The ASO AC would also like to thank all the candidates who devoted their time to this selection process and for their willingness to serve on the ICANN Board.

Seat 9 is currently filled by Ray Plzak. The ASO AC would like to thank Ray Plzak for his dedication as a strong advocate of the Internet numbers community’s interests and concerns on the ICANN Board during the past six years.

Mr. da Silva’s appointment follows a lengthy selection process, which included a public call for nominations, a public comment period, interviews with eligible candidates, and a voting process in which all ASO Address Council members participated.

Along with the election results, full details of the process, including information on all eligible candidates, are available on the election page.

The AFRINIC Board of Directors has appointed Mark Elkins to the ASO AC / NRO NC to replace Alan Barrett, who was recently appointed CEO of AFRINIC.
Mr. Elkins’ term will end on 31 December 2015 as he will continue the current term that was held by Mr. Barrett on the Number Council.

For more information on the ASO AC please see the ASO website at https://aso.icann.org/advisory-council/