2006 ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council Election Results

Posted: Fri, 27 Oct 2006

Scott Bradner and John Curran have been re-elected to the ARIN Board of Trustees. Each will serve a three-year term commencing 1 January 2007. The ARIN Board of Trustees congratulates Scott and John and looks forward to working with them.

The Board wishes to thank Jeremy Kinsey, Chris Russell, and Derek Wise for their participation as candidates in the election, and encourages their continued participation in the ARIN community.

ARIN would also like to congratulate the following individuals on their election to the ARIN Advisory Council: Leo Bicknell, Lea Roberts, Robert Seastrom, Heather Skanks, and Stacy Taylor. Each will serve a three-year term beginning 1 January 2007.

The ARIN Board of Trustees wishes to thank Owen DeLong, Andrew Dul, Aaron Dudek, Mark Kosters, and Michael Lambert for their participation as candidates in the election and looks forward to their continued involvement in ARIN's activities.

Regards,

Raymond A. Plzak
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers

Nomination Process

In accordance with the ARIN Bylaws:

  • A call for ARIN Board of Trustees and Advisory Council nominations went out to ARIN members via the arin-announce@arin.net mailing list and ARIN's website.
  • Nominations closed at the specified date and time.
  • All eligible nominations for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council were put forth to the general membership.
  • Candidate biographies were posted to the ARIN website.
  • Each candidate was given an opportunity to address the ARIN membership at the ARIN XVIII Members Meeting in St. Louis on 13 October 2006.

Election Process

In accordance with the ARIN Bylaws:

  • Online voting for General Members in good standing began 13 October 2006, at 12:00 PM ET.
  • Voting closed one week later on 20 October 2006, at 12:00 PM ET.
  • All online votes were required to be confirmed.
  • The votes were tallied by ARIN President Raymond Plzak, ARIN Treasurer Lee Howard, and ARIN Counsel Stephen Ryan.
  • The results are provided below. The election process and results have been verified according to the requirements in the ARIN Bylaws.
Board of Trustees Vote Counts
Board of Trustees
Candidates
Total Count Elected
Scott Bradner
66Checkmark
John Curran
76Checkmark
Jeremy Kinsey
8 
Chris Russell
13
Derek Wise
10
Total Votes Cast173 

Advisory Council Vote Counts
Advisory Council CandidatesTotal CountElected
Leo Bicknell
48Checkmark
Owen DeLong
28
Aaron Dudek
33 
Andrew Dul
37 
Mark Kosters
37 
Michael Lambert
13 
Lea Roberts
44Checkmark
Robert Seastrom
52Checkmark
Heather Skanks* 44 Checkmark
Stacy Taylor
68Checkmark
Total Votes Cast404 

Please Note: * 16 May 2017: It was called to our attention that Heather's name, vote count, and as elected was left out of the original detailed announcement. ARIN verified the 2006 voting records and today corrected our oversight. Note that Heather was correctly congratulated on her election to the Advisory Council in the text of the email above.