[Apnic-announce] ASO GA, and Call for Nominations to the ICANN Board of
The following announcement includes a call for nominations to the ICANN
Board of Directors, relating to ASO seats on the Board.
Due to geographic diversity requirements, the next ASO board seat which is
scheduled to be vacated must be filled by an individual from North America,
South America or Europe.
However, nominations of such individuals may be made by anyone regardless of
location.
In addition, individuals from other locations may be nominated to fill any
casual vacancies which arise among ASO seats, during the coming year.
I hope that you will consider attending the ASO General Assembly, also
announced below.
Best regards,
Paul Wilson
APNIC
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Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Call for Nominations to the ICANN Board of
Directors (see below). In our effort to reach as many interested parties as
possible you may receive multiple copies of this message. Please accept our
apologies for this.
The Call for Nominations for ICANN Board of Directors and current
appointments to the Board can be found on the ASO website at:
http://www.aso.icann.org/
A publicly archived "expressions of support" form will be made available on
the ASO website for those that wish to support nominated candidates.
Kind regards,
Axel Pawlik
RIPE NCC
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ASO General Assembly 2004 and Call for Nominations for
ICANN Board of Directors
The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organisation
is pleased to announce the 5th ASO General Assembly Meeting,
to be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This
meeting will be hosted by the RIPE NCC alongside the RIPE 47 Meeting and
will be open to all parties with an interest in ASO policy matters. A
detailed meeting agenda will be published in due course on the ASO web site
at: http://www.aso.icann.org.
In compliance with the ASO MoU <http://www.aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou.html>,
the Address Council and ICANN hereby call for nominations to the ICANN Board
to fill vacant ASO seats on the ICANN Board. The next such seat scheduled to
become vacant in May 2004 is currently occupied by Mr Lyman Chapin. However,
candidates nominated at this time may also be chosen to fill other seats
that may become vacant before or after this time. Note that appointments to
the ICANN Board must satisfy the geographic diversity contraints specified
in section 3c. of the ASO MoU. Nominees from North America, South America
and Europe are eligible this time.
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.
VI., Sec 4). Self-nominations are permitted.
Nominations should be sent by e-mail to <secretariat at aso dot icann dot org> and
should state the following details :
A. Nominee details
1. Full name
2. Organisational affiliation
3. Email address
4. Physical address
5. Country of residence
6. Telephone contact
7. Biography
B. Details of nominating individual
1. Full name
2. Organisational affiliation
3. Email address
4. Country of residence
Nominations must be submitted in English and must be received by the ASO
Secretariat before 0900 UTC, 20 April 2004. All nominees will be contacted
via e-mail to confirm their willingness to serve as an ICANN Director. If
the nominee is not contactable via email then the nomination will not be
confirmed, a nominee must explicitly confirm the nomination to the ASO
Secretariat to be considered as a candidate.
All confirmed nominations will be listed on the ASO website (see
http://www.aso.icann.org) as soon as they are confirmed. Those wishing to
express support for any individuals who have been nominated should use the
"ICANN Board - Support of Nomination" Form which will be made available on
the ASO website.
The list of nominated individuals and the supporting comments will be passed
to the Address Council after all nominees are confirmed, and prior to the
General Assembly meeting on 5 May 2004, 16:00 - 18:30.
More information regarding the ASO GA and nominations process will be posted
on the ASO website <http://www.aso.icann.org> in due course.