Call for Nominations for Representatives to the ASO Address Council - RIPE region

Just a short reminder, as the deadline approaches:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans Petter Holen" <hph at online.no>
To: <lir-wg at ripe.net>; <ripe-list at ripe.net>
Cc: <aso-announce at aso.icann.org>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 12:48 AM
Subject: Call for Nominations for Representatives to the ASO Address
Council - RIPE region


| Dear colleagues,
|
| This is a call for nominations of individuals from the RIPE region to
| serve on the ASO Address Council. During October 2001, one RIPE region
| Address Council seat will become vacant and will be filled for the
| next three years by an individual nominated through this open call.
|
| This document describes the functions of the ASO and the Address
| Council, as well as the nomination and selection processes. If you are
| interested in nominating an individual, or if you are interested in
| being nominated as a member of the Address Council, please read this
| document carefully.
|
|
| 1. The Address Supporting Organisation
| - --------------------------------------
|
| The ASO was formed in August 1999 as a consensus-based advisory body
| within the ICANN Framework, though a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
| signed by the current Regional Internet Registries and ICANN.
|
| The ICANN Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-A) assign
| to the ASO the responsibility for the development of global policies
| relating to the distribution and registration of Internet address
| space, inter-domain routing identifiers and that part of the DNS name
| space that is used to name these addresses and identifiers.
|
| More information about the ASO is available at: http://www.aso.icann.org
|
|
| 2. The Address Council
| - ----------------------
|
| The ASO Address Council co-ordinates the process of policy development
| in areas within the responsibility of the ASO, according to procedures
| defined within the MoU and by the AC itself. Specifically, these
| include the hosting of an annual open General Assembly meeting, and
| attending regular meetings by teleconference or in person at which
| policy issues and submissions may be considered.
|
| The other major responsibility of the Address Council is the
| appointment of individuals to fill ASO seats on the ICANN Board of
| Directors, according to procedures defined within the MoU.
|
| More information on the Address Council is available at:
| http://www.aso.icann.org/ac
|
|
| 3. The Role of Members of the Address Council
| - ---------------------------------------------
|
| Members of the Address Council do not represent any RIR, nor do they
| act as representatives of any other body. They are appointed in their
| individual capacity, and their membership cannot be proxied by any
| other individual or organisation.
|
| No member of the Address Council is entitled to any compensation from
| the ASO. No member can be indemnified by the ASO, nor can the ASO
| obtain insurance coverage relating to the liability of the actions of
| members of the Address Council.
|
|
| 4. Address Council Nominations Process
| - --------------------------------------
|
| Through this nomination process, one individual from the RIPE region
| will be selected to serve on the Address Council for three years,
| replacing Hans Petter Holen who has served as an initial AC member for
| the past 2 years. The selection will be made though an open election
| from the set of individuals who have been nominated within this
| process.
|
| Any individual may be nominated, with the exception of any staff
| member of any Regional Internet Registry. Self-nominations are
| permitted.
|
| Nominations should be sent by email to <nominations at ripe.net>, by
| midnight UTC on 5 September 2001.
|
| The information included with the nomination is to be in English and
| should include:
|
|     Name of Nominee:
|     Country of residence:
|     Organisation:
|     Email Address:
|     Postal Address:
|     Biographical information:
|     Motivation for nomination:
|
|     Name of nominating individual:
|     Organisation:
|     Email Address:
|
| All nominees will be contacted via email to confirm their willingness
| to serve on the Address Council. If a nominee is not contactable via
| email, or does not respond, then their nomination will not be
| confirmed and they will not be eligible for election to the Address
| Council.
|
| All confirmed nominations will be listed on the RIPE web site after
| they are confirmed. All nominees will have the opportunity to submit a
| written statement in support of their nomination, for publication on
| the web site.  In addition, others may express support for nominated
| individuals simply by completing and submitting the nomination form
| provided above.
|
|
| 5. Address Council Selection Process
| - ------------------------------------
|
| The process for selection of the nominee to serve on the Address
| Council will involve an open election to be held during the plenary
| session of the RIPE 40 Meeting, in Prague, Czech Republic, on 5 October
| 2001. See the following URL for details about the selection procedure:
| http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/lir/adress_council-election.html
|
| More information about RIPE 40 will be available shortly at:
|
| http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings
|
| http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/current/ripe-40/
|
| Important Dates:
|
| 5 September 2001 - deadline for Address Council nominations
|
|
| Regards,
| Hans Petter Holen
| Local IR WG chair
|
|