Committees and Working Groups
Each January, the ARIN Board of Trustees appoints members to various committees. The President and CEO of ARIN serves as an ex-officio member of all committees, regardless of type, except the Compensation Committee.
Standing Committees:
As defined in Robert’s Rules of Orders, standing committees perform a continuing function and remain in existence permanently or for the life of the assembly that establishes them. Members of a standing committee are appointed by the Board of Trustees at its first business meeting of each calendar year.
Compensation Committee
Members for 2021:
- Board Chair
- Nancy Carter (Treasurer)
- Tina Morris
Committee created: 28 February 1997
Finance Committee
Members for 2021:
- Nancy Carter (Treasurer and Chair)
- Paul Andersen
- John Curran
- Peter Harrison
- Bill Sandiford
Committee created: 21 July 2003
Mailing List Acceptable Use Policy Committee
Members for 2021:
- Tina Morris (Chair)
- John Curran
- ARIN Advisory Council representative - Amy Potter
- Member in Good Standing - Joe Pace
Formerly a special committee, this committee was made into a standing committee: 12 January 2015
ARIN Board Governance Working Group
Members for 2021:
- Nancy Carter (Chair)
- Peter Harrison
- Catherine Middleton
Special Committees
As defined in Roberts Rules of Order, special committees are committees appointed, as the need arises, to carry out a specified task. At the completion of that task, and once a final report has been made to the Board, the committee automatically ceases to function.
Nomination Committee (NomCom)
- Catherine Middleton, Committee Chair
- Tina Morris, ARIN Board Trustee
- Celeste Anderson, Pacific Wave
- Byron Holland, CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority / Autorit Canadienne pour les enregistrements Internet)
- Jonathan Kalbfeld, ThoughtWave Technologies, Inc.
- Leif Sawyer, GCI Communications Corp
- Chris Tacit, Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX)