There are four really good candidates. Please consider sending in a statement of support for one of them. /bill ----- Forwarded message ----- Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:38:06 +1000 To: Bill Manning <bmanning@karoshi.com> Subject: Comment Period for ICANN Board Seat 9 Election Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is responsible for the appointment of a representative to serve on Seat Number 9 of the ICANN Board. The ASO AC is pleased to announce the following four candidates for its upcoming appointment. The Candidates are: - Thomas Eric Brunner-Williams - Martin J. Levy - William Manning - Raymond Alan Plzak In accordance with the ASO AC election procedures, a comment period is now open. A short biography is available and supporting comment facilities for each candidate may be found at: http://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2012-elections/ The comment period will close at 23:59 UTC on 19 April 2012. Comments will be moderated. ASO Secretariat secretariat@aso.icann.org ----- End forwarded message -----