Reminder: Nominations to the ICANN board

Dear RIPE community,

I would like to bring to your attention the nomination process for 
members to the ICANN board - message from 
http://www.aso.icann.org/index.html

I have also included the list of nominees from a previous period - in 
case you need ideas to suggest.

Please help the Address Council by making sure we have good candidates 
to choose from !

Best Regards,
Hans Petter Holen
Address Council member RIPE region/Vice chair
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In line with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the 
Address Council calls for nominations for Seat Number 9 on the ICANN Board.

*The nomination period will close at 23:59 (UTC) on 22 February 2009.*

All candidates must sign a /Letter of Certification/ detailing previous 
conduct and character. We will send this letter to each applicant along 
with instructions on what to do next. We are unable to consider 
candidates who fail to follow these instructions.

If the Address Council decides to conduct face-to-face interviews, 
candidates may need to travel (once) during either March or April 2009.

We expect all candidates to complete one or more questionnaires. Failure 
to do this by the advised deadlines may rule them out of the selection 
process.

*Submit nominations by email to secretariat at aso.icann.org 
<mailto:secretariat at aso.icann.org> including the following information:*

    * Full name of the person being nominated
    * Contact email address for the person being nominated
    * Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated
    * Full name of the person making the nomination
    * Contact email address for the person making the nomination




> [Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]
>
> Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO):
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the 
> ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007.
>
> Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) 
> selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN 
> Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 
> 2007. The candidates are:
>
> - Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi
> - Smain Aouissi
> - Raimundo Beca
> - Vikram Gupta
> - Jordi Palet Martinez
> - Remco Van Mook
> - Shahmeet Singh
> - Kuo-Wei Wu
>
> In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one 
> of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making 
> their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and 
> statements of support for these candidates.
>
> If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate, 
> please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at:
> board-nomms at aso.icann.org
>
> All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view 
> them, follow the links for each candidate at:
> http://www.aso.icann.org/elections
>
> Kind Regards,
> ASO Secretariat
>
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> Axel Pawlik
>
> Managing Director
> RIPE NCC