I apologize for the non-operational mail but I wanted to get this out to as many people as possible.  We are also holding elections for the Address Council of the ASO if you're interested.  Info is available at http://www.arin.net/aso/aso.htm

Cheers,
Kim

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>CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ICANN BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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>This is an open call for nominations of interested individuals to serve on the
>Board of Directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>Numbers (ICANN), as a nominee of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization
>(ASO).
>
>ICANN is the non-profit corporation that was formed to take over
>responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter
>assignment, domain name system management, and root server system
>management functions
>previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other
>entities. The Board will be composed of nineteen Directors, including nine
>At-Large Directors, nine to be nominated by Supporting Organizations, and
>the President/CEO (ex officio). Further details on the composition and
>responsibilities of ICANN can be found at http://www.icann.org. Prospective
>nominees are strongly urged to read the ICANN Corporate Documents and
>other ICANN published material, as well as the adopted ASO proposal,
>located at http://www.arin.net/asoproposal.htm.
>
>The ASO will have the responsibility for nominating three ICANN Directors.
>This responsibility will, in the normal course of events, be conducted through
>an open process managed by the Address Council, a body created by the
>ASO to manage its business.
>
>For the initial ASO nominations to the ICANN Board, the ASO Address Council
>will nominate three Directors to serve terms of 1, 2, and 3 years. This
>process has been initiated by the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)
>through this
>open call for nominations. The process of selecting the initial ICANN
>Directors
>from the ASO nominations will be defined and managed by the Address Council.
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>ASO Process for Nominating ICANN Directors
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>Any individual may be nominated within this process, with the exception of
>any official of a national government or a multinational entity established
>by treaty or other agreement between national governments (ICANN ByLaws
>Art. V., Sec 5.). Self-nominations are permitted.
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>However, no member of staff of an RIR is eligible to be appointed to the ICANN
>Board, and no ASO-appointed Director may serve simultaneously on the
>Address Council. The Directors appointed by the ASO will not represent the
>ASO on the Board, but will function as full Directors of ICANN.
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>Please complete the following questionnaire and send to
>aso-board@arin.net:
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>        Name of Nominee
>        Organization
>        Email Address
>        Postal Address
>        Phone number
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>        Biographical information: (highlighting demonstration of track
>                     record of serving Internet community in ARIN's region)
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>       Motivation for nomination
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>Nominations may also be made by completing the form at
>http://www.arin.net/aso/icannomform.htm. All nominations must be submitted
>on or before October 1, 1999 and must be in English.
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>All nominees will be contacted via email and must explicitly confirm their
>nomination if they are interested in serving as an ICANN Director. If the
>nominee is not contactable via email then the nomination will not be confirmed.
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>All confirmed nominations will be listed on ARIN's web site
>http://www.arin.net/aso/icannnominees.htm as soon as they are confirmed.
>Those wishing to express support for any individuals who have been
>nominated should use ARIN's Support for Nomination form.
>
>The list of nominated individuals and supporting comments made on their
>behalf will be submitted to the Address Council on October 4, 1999.
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>Thank you for participating in this nomination process.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kim Hubbard
>ARIN