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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO APNIC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL _______________________________________________

Three positions on the APNIC Executive Council will be opened for election at the APNIC Member Meeting on 25 February 2005, in Kyoto, Japan.

The members whose positions are up for re-election are Yong Wan Ju, Kuo-Wei Wu, Qian Hualin, and Ma Yan, who were elected at the APNIC Member Meeting in Taipei on 28 February 2003.

Nominations are due by close of business Friday 11 February 2005 at the latest.

Nominees do not have to be representatives of APNIC members; however, only APNIC members may make nominations. Members are welcome to nominate a representative of their own organisation.

Nominations must be made using the online nomination form available at:

http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19/ec/nomination.html

Full information about the nominations process is available at:

http://www.apnic.net/ec/call.html

Details of all nominees will be posted on the web site and will be distributed at the meeting.

If you are not able to 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

Nominees should note that positions on the APNIC Executive Council are currently voluntary and that APNIC may not be able to reimburse EC members all expenses associated with EC duties. Where possible, however, APNIC will reimburse actual expenses for attendance to APNIC meetings, providing that these fall within budget and cash flow constraints.

If you have any questions, please free to 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: +61-7-3858-3199 Level 1, 33 Park Road, Milton, QLD http://www.apnic.net ______________________________________________________________________ See you at APNIC-19 Kyoto, Japan, 21 to 25 Feb 2005 and APRICOT 2005 http://www.apnic.net/meetings ----------------------------------------------------------------------

* ASIAN TSUNAMI & EARTHQUAKE RELIEF APPEAL

The APNIC community is shocked and saddened by the earthquake and tsunami that struck the Indian Ocean nations in December. We encourage you to help the survivors recover and rebuild by donating to a relief fund. Some organisations coordinating relief programs are:

Red Cross and Red Crescent http://donate.ifrc.org/ UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/ Médecins Sans Frontières http://www.msf.org.au/support/sa.shtml Oxfam http://oxfam.org/eng/donate.htm World Vision http://www.worldvision.org ______________________________________________________________________