Call for Nominations to the 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.

Kind regards,

Axel Pawlik
RIPE NCC

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ASO General Assembly 2004 and Call for Nominations for
ICANN Board of Directors

The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organisation
is pleased to announce the 5th ASO General Assembly Meeting,
to be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
This meeting will be hosted by the RIPE NCC alongside the
RIPE 47 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 next
such seat scheduled to become vacant in May 2004 is currently
occupied by Mr Lyman Chapin. 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 contraints specified
in section 3c. of the ASO MoU. Nominees from North America, South
America and Europe are eligible this time.

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. VI., Sec 4). Self-nominations are
permitted.

Nominations should be sent by e-mail 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, 20 April 2004. All nominees
will be contacted via e-mail 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 May 2004, 16:00 - 18:30.

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