[ncdnhc-discuss] CIRA press release on election

[Kent Crispin]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 11:21:51AM -0400, James Love wrote:
> Apparently the CIRA's BOD appointed nominating committee proposed six
> candidates and two additional candidates were nominated by the members.
> Only three will be elected.  I expect there will be some publicity over this
> when the elections are finished on Thursday.   Jamie

600 out of 140000 members voted, or less than half of one percent, down
from 3% the previous year.  

http://cira.ca/news-releases/75.html:

   June 19, 2002

   Elected Board to Manage Canadian Internet Name Space CIRA announces
   results of 2002 Board of Directors Election. 

   Ottawa, June 19, 2002 - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority
   (CIRA) announced today the results of its Board of Directors
   election.  The online election took place from June 7 to June 13,
   2002 through www.cira.ca.  where members were eligible to vote for up
   to three candidates. 

   Over 600 CIRA members participated in the election.  CIRA wishes to
   thank all eight candidates who took part in the election.  The three
   candidates garnering the most votes (listed below in order of votes
   received) are elected to the CIRA Board of Directors for three-year
   terms:


   Candidate Name and Affiliation                    Votes 

   Denis Tanguay, P.  Eng.  President, 
   Digital Internet Gaming Services Ltd.             468 (elected) 

   Mark Jeftovic, 
   President, easyDNS Technologies Inc.              427 (elected) 
  
   Michael Geist, Law Professor 
   (University of Ottawa) and Director of
   E-Commerce Law of Goodmans LLP                    418 (elected) 

   Ian MacEachern, Executive Director, 
   National Capital FreeNet                          400
                                                                      
   Richard M. Anderson, President, 
   ASCI Anderson Strategic Consulting                333
                                                                      
   Eleanor Jang, VP Services Delivery, Radiant
   Communications Corp.                              316
                                                                      
   Danihle Boutet, Partner, Ogilvy Renault           184
                                                                      
   Ramesh Venkat, Ph.D, Principal, W3Strategy.Com     79
                                                                      


> http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/74.html
> 
> June 6, 2002
> Voting for CIRA Board of Directors Elections Begins
> Tomorrow (Friday, June 7, 2002)
> Online elections give dot-ca domain name holders opportunity to participate
> in the governance of Canada's name space.
> 
> Ottawa, June 6, 2002 - Online polls for the Canadian Internet Registration
> Authority's (CIRA) second online Board of Directors elections will open
> tomorrow, June 7, 2002, at 12:00 noon (EDT). All 140,000 CIRA members, who
> also are dot-ca Internet domain name holders, will be able to begin voting
> for up to three candidates to fill three seats on the CIRA Board of
> Directors by visiting CIRA's web site at www.cira.ca.
> 
> "This election is important to Canada because it gives dot-ca domain name
> holders, who are CIRA members, a direct say in the governance of Canada's
> Internet domain by selecting its Board members," said Professor David G.
> Macneil of the University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Computer Science,
> CIRA's Returning Officer.
> 
> The CIRA election process started in February with the appointment of a
> Nomination Committee. Members, candidates, and the general public also
> participated in an online Question and Answer Forum addressing dot-ca
> governance issues. Questions and answers posted on the Forum are available
> at www.cira.ca/bb2002/index.html. The voting period starting today is the
> final stage of the election process.
> 
> A total of eight candidates will be listed on the CIRA online ballot. The
> CIRA Nominations Committee, appointed by the CIRA Board, nominated six
> candidates. CIRA members nominated two candidates through an online
> nominations process. Candidates' names and election statements are available
> through www.cira.ca/en/elections-2002.html. The three candidates garnering
> the most votes will serve three-year terms on the CIRA Board.
> 
> Each CIRA member will require a CIRA user account number and password to
> vote. Members who have misplaced their user account number and/or password
> should contact their registrar as soon as possible to obtain a replacement.
> 
> Online voting begins at 12:00 noon (12:00 EDT) on June 7, 2002 and will
> close at 8:00 pm (20:00 EDT) on June 13, 2002. Election results will be
> posted at www.cira.ca by June 20, 2002.
> 
> 
> About CIRA
> CIRA is the not-for-profit corporation mandated to operate the dot-ca
> top-level domain for all Canadians. It is responsible for setting policy and
> managing the 292,000 dot-ca domain name database as well as registering
> domain names through its network of certified registrars. Additional
> information is available at www.cira.ca.


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