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EC ELECTION UPDATE - Nominations close Friday 17 February - Online voting and proxy voting available _______________________________________________

Dear colleagues

This is a reminder that nominations for the three APNIC Executive Council (EC) positions are due by 3:30pm UTC+8, Friday 17 February 2006.

An election to fill the three EC positions will be held at the APNIC Member Meeting in Perth on Friday 3 March.

The members whose positions are up for re-election are Akinori Maemura, Che-Hoo Cheng, and Vinh Ngo. Nominations must be made using the online nomination form available at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/21/ec/nomination.html

There are three ways of voting in this election:

1. Onsite voting 2. Online voting 3. Proxy voting

ONSITE VOTING ------------- If you will be atteding APNIC 21, you can collect your ballot papers from the meeting registration desk from 8:00am, Friday 3 March. You must complete your ballot papers (1 ballot for each vote you are entitled to) and lodge it in the ballot box by 2:00pm UTC+8.

Note: Members that have cast their votes online will not be provided with ballot papers onsite.

ONLINE VOTING ------------- Online voting will be available for this election, via the MyAPNIC web site, as follows:

where: https://my.apnic.net/voting start: 9:00am UTC+8 on Wednesday 22 February end: 9:00am UTC+8 on Wednesday 1 March who: Only registered corporate contacts may vote online

To register or update your corporate contact information, see:

http://www.apnic.net/member/corp-contacts

PROXY VOTING ------------ If you are not able to vote online or attend the AMM, you can still make your vote count by appointing a proxy to represent you at the meeting. Proxy forms are available at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/proxy.html

Completed proxy forms must be returned by fax to +61-7-3858-3199 before 9:00am UTC+8 on Wednesday 1 March.

VOTING ENTITLEMENT ------------------ All APNIC members are entitled to vote, according to their membership tier, as described in the fee schedule:

http://www.apnic.net/docs/corpdocs/member-fee-schedule.html

MORE INFORMATION ---------------- For more information on nominations received, proxy registration, current EC members, and the role of the EC, please refer to:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/21/ec

If you have any questions, please contact APNIC Secretariat at secretariat@apnic.net.

Regards, ________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat secretariat@apnic.net Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61-7-3858-3100 PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3219 Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD http://www.apnic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See you at APNIC 21 Perth, Australia, 27 February - 3 March 2006 http://www.apnic.net/meetings/21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------