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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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