Call for Nominations to ICANN Board of Directors

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.

Regards,

Paul Rendek
RIPE NCC

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ASO General Assembly 2002 and Call for Nominations for ICANN Board of Directors

The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organisation is pleased to 
announce the 3rd ASO General Assembly meeting, to be held on Tuesday, 5 
March 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand. This meeting will be hosted by APNIC 
alongside APNIC's Open Policy 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 first such seat scheduled to become vacant on 1 
October 2002 is currently occupied by Mr. Rob Blokzijl. 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 constraints specified in 
section 3c. of the ASO MoU.

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. V., Sec 5). Self-nominations are permitted.

Nominations should be sent by email to <secretariat at aso.icann.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, 6 February 2002 (30 days prior to the General 
Assembly meeting). All nominees will be contacted via email 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 March 2002.

More information regarding the ASO GA and nominations process will be 
posted on the ASO website <http://www.aso.icann.org> in due course.