This is an open call for nominations from the ARIN region to fill one (1) seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council that becomes vacant with the expiration of Jason Schiller’s term on 31 December 2010. Candidates must be willing to serve a three (3) year term beginning 1 January 2011. Incumbents may be re-elected for consecutive terms.

Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please note that the NRO Number Council representatives now fulfill the role of ICANN’s ASO Address Council. Responsibilities of NRO NC representatives are outlined in the ASO Memorandum of Understanding.

All NRO NC nominees from the ARIN region are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List published at:

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

If you are interested in nominating yourself or any other individual as a member of the Number Council, visit ARIN Election Headquarters to fill out the nomination form at:

https://www.arin.net/app/election/

Nominations will be accepted until 17:00 ET on Monday, 9 August 2010. ARIN will contact all nominees via e-mail and/or telephone to verify that they are willing and able to fulfill a three-year term. If ARIN cannot reach the nominee, the nomination will not be accepted.

Direct any questions concerning this process to Member Services at info@arin.net. Information on the NRO NC can be found at:

http://www.aso.icann.org/

The Address Supporting Organization is pleased to announce that Mr. Kuo-Wei Wu has been elected by the Address Council to fill Seat Number 10 on the ICANN Board.

The ASO AC would also like to thank the other candidates who participated in the process.

Despite ICANN’s decision to proceed with plans to hold ICANN’s 37th meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, we regret to inform that the decision has been made to cancel the the ASO Address Council face-to-face meeting that was to be held in conjunction with said ICANN meeting.

Face-to-face interviews with candidates to Seat 10 of the ICANN Board that were to take place in Nairobi have also been canceled.

All steps are being taken to reprogram the canceled activities.

Following a public nomination period that closed on 10 January 2010, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board. This seat is currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in April 2010.

• Raimundo Beca
• Nicola Garelli
• Eric Ramage
• Kuo Wei Wu

The candidates listed above agree to serve in an ASO seat on the ICANN Board of Directors if selected by the ASO Address Council. In March 2010, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat.

To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request public comments and statements of support for the candidates. The public comment period will remain open until 23:59 (UTC) on 10 March 2010.

You can provide your comments and statements of support for the candidates to the ASO AC Nominations Committee by sending an email to nominations2010@aso.icann.org.

A digest of all comments sent to the mailing list or received by the Nominations Committee is published on these pages:

• Raimundo Beca
• Nicola Garelli
• Eric Ramage
• Kuo Wei Wu

AfriNIC is pleased to announce that Alan P. Barrett has been selected by the AfriNIC Executive Board to take the vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC).

He will serve a one-year term that runs from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

More information about the NRO NC.

In line 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.

The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on 10 January 2010.

All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification detailing previous conduct and character. We will send this letter to each applicant along with instructions on what to do next. We are unable to consider candidates who fail to follow these instructions.

Article VI of the ICANN Bylaws states that: “At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.” The ASO AC selection for Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors resides in the ARIN region, so nominees for Seat 10 cannot reside in the ARIN region.

If the ASO AC decides to conduct face-to-face interviews, candidates may need to travel (once) during March 2010.

We expect all candidates to complete one or more questionnaires. Failure to do this by the advised deadlines may rule them out of the selection process.

Submit nominations by email to nominations2010@aso.icann.org including the following information:

• 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
• 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 full time frame for the selection process is as follows:

• Nomination Phase – 12 November 2009 to 10 January 2010
• Comment Phase – 11 January 2010 to 10 March 2010
• Interview Phase – 10 February 2010 to 10 March 2010
  • The deadline for return of written questionnaires is 20 February 2010.
  • Face-to-face interviews with selected candidates will take place adjacent to the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in March 2010.
• Selection Phase – 10 March 2010 to 24 March 2010

All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified.

ARIN is pleased to announce that Louie Lee has been re-elected to the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council from the ARIN region. He will begin serving another three-year term on 1 January 2010.

The ARIN Board of Trustees wishes to thank Babak Pasdar for his participation as a candidate in the NRO NC election and looks forward to his continued involvement in ARIN regional activities.

More information about the NRO NC can be found online at:
http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that Dave Wilson has been selected by the RIPE community to take the vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC).

He will serve a three-year term that runs from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012.

Selection took place during the Plenary session on Friday, 9 October 2009, at the RIPE 59 Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

• More information about the NRO NC and the selection process.

The ASO is pleased to announce that the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has elected Wilfried Woeber to serve on the ICANN Nominations Committee.

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