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2007 Nominations for Representatives to the ASO Address Council - RIPE NCC Region

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Hans Petter Holen has been selected by the RIPE community to take the vacant seat on the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Address Council (AC). He will serve a three-year term.

Selection took place during the Plenary session on Wednesday, 24 October 2007, at the RIPE 55 Meeting in Amsterdam

The ASO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) states that the public nomination period should open 90 days in advance of the next open policy meeting (RIPE 55) and close 30 days before the start of this meeting.

Due to an oversight in the RIPE NCC's administrative procedure, this public nomination period was not announced to the RIPE community at the scheduled time.

We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

If there are no objections from the community, we would like to proceed with the nomination process as follows:

  • 19 September: Nomination period opens
  • 15 October: Nomination period closes
  • 15 October: Complete nominations list posted
  • 24 October: Elections take place during the Plenary session at RIPE 55 on Wednesday, 24 October, 09:00 - 10:30

Background

The term of Hans Petter Holen, who served as an Address Council member for three years, expired on 31 December 2007. One individual from the RIPE region was selected to serve on the ASO AC for a term of three years.

Any individual could be nominated, with the exception of staff members of any Regional Internet Registry (RIR). Self-nominations were permitted.

Nominations were sent by e-mail by 23:00 UTC on 15 October 2007.

The information included with a nomination was to be submitted in English and should include:

  • Name of nominee
  • Country of residence
  • Organisation
  • E-mail address
  • Postal address
  • Background information
  • Motivation for nomination
  • Name of nominating individual
  • Organisation
  • E-mail address

All nominees were contacted by e-mail to confirm their willingness to serve on the ASO AC. If a nominee could not be contacted via e-mail or did not respond, their nomination was not confirmed and they were not eligible for election.

All confirmed nominations were listed here after confirmation. All nominees had the opportunity to submit a written statement in support of their nomination for publication on the website.

Support for nominees:

In addition, community members could express support for nominated individuals by e-mailing the following information:

  • Nominee's name
  • Motivation for support
  • Your name
  • Your e-mail address
  • Organisation

Important Dates:

  • 15 October 2007: Nomination period closes, complete list of nominees online
  • 24 October: Elections take place during the Plenary session at RIPE 55 Meeting on Wednesday, 24 October, 09:00 - 10:30