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Dear Community Members,

The APNIC Secretariat is now seeking volunteers to serve for the positions

below:

    - Policy SIG Chair (one position)

    - Policy SIG Co-Chair (one position)

    - Cooperation SIG Chair (one position)

    - Routing Security SIG Chair (one position)

    - Routing Security SIG Co-Chair (one position)

The successful nominee will be elected to serve as a SIG Chair or Co-Chair

for two years from the end of the conference (APNIC 56) in 2023 to end

of the conference (APNIC 60) in 2025.

Individuals cannot hold more than one elected position (EC, SIG, IANA RC

or NRO NC).

Those who are elected to a new position must resign from any other

currently held EC, SIG, IANA RC or NRO NC position as soon as practicable

but no later than 30 days following the election.

Nominees will be invited to provide a recorded video candidate statement,

which will be published on the APNIC 56 conference website.

Nomination deadline

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    Friday, 1 September 2023 at 17:30 (UTC +10)

Who can be nominated

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Any individual residing within the Asia Pacific region may be nominated,

with the exception of staff members of any Regional Internet Registry

(RIR).

Self-nominations are permitted.

The nominee must meet the following two eligibility criteria:

    - Registered and attending the current conference in person. The

      attendee must be checked-in at the registration desk at any time

      from the start of the conference until 10:00 (UTC +9), Thursday,

      14 September 2023.

    - Registered and attended at least one of the past eight APRICOT or

      APNIC standalone conferences (not including the current

      conference):

       - APNIC 55 with APRICOT 2023 in Manila, Philippines

       - APNIC 54 in Singapore

       - APNIC 53 Online

       - APNIC 52 Online

       - APNIC 51 Online

       - APNIC 50 Online

       - APNIC 49 with APRICOT 2020 in Melbourne, Australia

       - APNIC 48 in Chiang Mai, Thailand

How to nominate

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Nominations and self-nominations may be submitted using the online

form:

    https://conference.apnic.net/56/elections/sigs/nominations

More information

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For more information about the role and the SIGs, please see:

    https://conference.apnic.net/56/elections/sigs/about

Please contact the APNIC Helpdesk if you have any questions.

Regards,

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George Odagi

Services Team Lead (East Asia)

e: helpdesk@apnic.net

p: +61 7 3858 3188

f: +61 7 3858 3199

www.apnic.net

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