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The comment phase of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) ICANN Board Seat 10 Elections ended at 23.59 UTC on 15 January 2019.

All comments received by the deadline can be viewed on each candidate’s page:

As per the timeline, the Interview phase will be begin on 1 February 2019. More information about the Seat 10 Elections can be found at here.

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The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has re-elected Aftab Siddiqui, the APNIC community representative, as the Chair of the ASO AC/NRO NC for 2019.

The ASO AC Chair elections are held annually in January, and the term is one year.

Mr. Siddiqui’s appointment was confirmed during the first ASO AC Teleconference of the year, which took place on 9 January, 2019. During this meeting, Kevin Blumberg (ARIN community representative) and Jorge Villa (LACNIC community representative) were appointed as Vice Chairs and will each serve a one-year term.

Out-going Vice Chair Ricardo Patara (LACNIC community representative) was thanked for his hard work during 2018.

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The comment phase of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) ICANN Board Seat 10 Elections will end at 23.59 UTC on 15 January 2019.

Following a call for candidates, the ASO AC announced that the following three candidates had been nominated and invited the Numbers community to provide comments and feedback:

The comment phase began on 1 December 2018.

Comments can be submitted for candidates by clicking on their name above and adding a comment to their biography.

Please note that, as per sectionPlease note that, as per section 9.4.5 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, all comments will be moderated by the ASO Secretariat prior to being published on the ASO website.

More information about the ASO AC ICANN Board Seat 10 Elections can be found here.

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Community Appointments

The following representatives have been selected by their respective RIR communities to serve on the Number Resource Organization Number Council / Address Supporting Organization Address Council (NRO NC / ASO AC) in 2019:

  • ARIN:
    Louie Lee (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)
  • LACNIC: 
    Ricardo Patara (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)
  • RIPE NCC: 
    Nurani Nimpuno (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)

Board Appointments

The following representatives have been selected by their respective RIR Boards to serve on the NRO NC /ASO AC in 2019:

  • AFRINIC:
    Wafa Dahmani Zaafouri (Jan 2019 – Dec 2019)
  • APNIC
    Simon Sohel Baroi (Jan 2019 – Dec 2019)
  • LACNIC: 
    Esteban Lescano (Dec 2018 – Dec 2019)

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The following community representatives have been selected by their respective RIR communities to serve on the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) in 2019:

  • APNIC:
    Syam Zulfadly (Jan 2019 – Dec 2020)
  • ARIN:
    Louie Lee (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)
  • LACNIC:
    Glenn Peace (Jan 2019 – Dec 2019)
    Juan Alejo Peirano (Jan 2019 – Dec 2020)
  • RIPE NCC:
    Nurani Nimpuno (Jan 2019 – Dec 2021)

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In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has issued a call for nominations for Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors.

The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term (2019 – 2022), which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly during the ICANN 66 Meeting, scheduled from 2-7 November 2019 in Montréal, Canada. 

Following a call for candidates, the ASO AC is pleased to announce that the following candidates have been nominated:

Comment Phase
The comment phase began on 1 December 2018 and will end at 23.59 UTC on 15 January 2019. Comments can be submitted for candidates by clicking on their name above and adding a comment to their biography.

Please note that, as per section 9.4.5 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, all comments will be moderated by the ASO Secretariat prior to being published on the ASO website.

For more information on the ICANN Board of Directors Seat 10 election process, please see here.

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On 15 September 2018, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) issued a call for nominations for Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors. Nominations are being accepted until Friday, 30 November 2018 at 23:59 UTC.

The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly during the ICANN 66 Meeting, scheduled from 2-7 November 2019 in Montréal, Canada.

Eligibility Requirements
All nominated candidates must meet the selection criteria and conflict of interest requirements as outlined in Article 7 of the ICANN Bylaws. The nominated candidates will undergo a due diligence review by an independent ICANN contractor.

Nomination Process
Community members are invited to submit nominations by email to nominations [at] aso [dot] icann [dot] org by Friday, 30 November 2018 at 23:59 UTC.

Nominations must include the following information:

  • The full name of the person being nominated.
  • Contact email address of 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.

Regional Restrictions
The ICANN Bylaws state that the Directors selected by a Supporting Organization (SO) for its assigned Board seat(s) cannot reside in the same geographic region (see Section 7.2:c). The current ASO AC selection for Seat 9, Ron da Silva, resides in the ARIN region. Therefore, no nominations for Seat 10 can be accepted from candidates residing in the ARIN region.

Important Dates

  • Nomination Phase: 15 September 2018 – 30 November 2018
  • Comment Phase: 1 December 2018 – 15 January 2019
  • ICANN Due Diligence for nominated candidates: 1 – 15 January 2019
  • Interview Phase: 1 – 28 February 2019
  • Selection Phase (deliberation): 1 February 2019 – 14 March 2019
  • Selection Phase (voting): 15 – 21 March 2019
  • Announcement of selected candidate: around 22 March 2019