ASO General Assembly for 2001 and Call for ICANN Board Nominations

January 3, 2001 - The Address Council ofthe Address Supporting Organisation is pleased to announce thesecond ASO General Assembly meeting, to be held on Wednesday,4 April 2001, in San Francisco, US. This meeting will be hostedby ARIN alongside ARIN's Public Policy and Members Meeting, andwill be open to all parties with an interest in ASO policy matters.A detailed meeting agenda will be published in due course onthe ASO web site, at https://aso.icann.org/.

In compliance with the ASO MoU <https://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou.html>,the Address Council and ICANN hereby call for nominations tothe ICANN Board, of candidates to fill vacant ASO seats on theICANN board as they become vacant. The next such seat scheduledto become vacant is currently occupied by Mr. Ken Fockler, whowill stand down on 1 October 2001. However, candidates nominatedat this time may also be chosen to fill other seats which maybecome vacant before or after this time. Note that appointmentsto the ICANN board must satisfy the geographic diversity constraintsspecified in section 3c of the ASO MoU.

Any individual may be nominated withinthis process, with the exception of any official of a nationalgovernment or a multinational entity established by treaty orother agreement between national governments (ICANNBylaws Art. V., Sec 5). Self-nominations are permitted.

Nominations should be sent by email to<secretariat@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 Englishand must be received by the ASO Secretariat before 0900 GMT 5March 2001 (30 days prior to the General Assembly meeting). Afternomination all nominees will be contacted via email to confirmtheir willingness to serve as an ICANN Director. If the nomineeis not contactable via email then the nomination will not beconfirmed, and nominee must explicitly confirm the nominationfor the nomination to be considered confirmed.

All confirmed nominations will be listedon the ASO web site (see https://aso.icann.org/)as soon as they are confirmed. Those wishing to express supportfor any individuals who have been nominated should use the "ICANNBoard - Support of Nomination" Form which will be made availableon the ASO web site.

The list of nominated individuals and thesupporting comments will be passed to the Address Council afterall nominees are confirmed, and prior to the General Assemblymeeting on 4 April 2001.

More information regarding the GA and nominationsprocess will be posted to the ASO web site <https://aso.icann.org/>in due course.