Candidates to fill two seats on LACNIC´s Board of Directors

Calendar

Summon for elections	August 6
Submission of candidatures period	August 6 - October 5	20:00 UTC
Closing of the voter registration list	October 5	20:00 UTC
Publication of the voter registration list	October 12
Reception of claims about voter registration list	October 12 – 19	20:00 UTC
Publication of candidates´ statements, acknowledgement of candidatures, questions to the candidates	October 12 – November 4	20:00 UTC
Voting period	November 5 - 15	19:00 UTC
Announcement of elected candidates	November 22

The actual voting will take place through the Internet on LACNIC´s web page.

Members have the right to present one candidate for each seat to be filled.

Each member has one designated member representative (membership contact) who is eligible to cast the vote. This individual will receive the voting instructions via

e-mail containing details of the election, voting instructions and information to be provided when casting the vote. LACNIC must have this individual's name and personalized e-mail address on record. The accuracy of this information is solely responsibility of the members. In no way LACNIC will be responsible for the accuracy or updating of this information.

Organizations that have not updated their information yet, please refer to our web page:

http://lacnic.net/en/update.html where the detailed updating process is explained.

Starting on the day when the voting instructions are e-mailed to the members, they will have a period of 15 days in order to make questions regarding their membership details (membership category, number of votes, or any other related inquiries).

Conditions to vote:

All organizations that are member of LACNIC by October 5th 2010 at 20:00 UTC are up to date with their membership dues, and do not have any preceding debt with LACNIC may vote in this election. The membership dues are considered the bills corresponding to the allocation and/or maintenance of IPv4 and/or IPv6 blocks. In the case of Active B members, the membership dues correspond to their annual fixed fee.

According to the bylaws, LACNIC members are entitled to differential votes depending on the category and the level to which they belong. Therefore, each vote will be pondered based on this criterion. The categories are the following:

Active A members are entitled to 1 to 5 votes, depending on the address space they administer:
- Level 1: administer IPv6 blocks of any size and/or IPv4 blocks equivalent to a /19 or smaller: 1 vote
- Level 2: administer IPv4 blocks greater than a /19 and smaller than a /16: 2 votes
- Level 3: administer IPv4 blocks equivalent or greater than a /16 and smaller than a /14: 3 votes
- Level 4: administer IPv4 blocks equivalent or greater than a /14 and smaller than a /11: 4 votes
- Level 5: administer IPv4 blocks equivalent or greater than a /11: 5 votes
Active B members: 1 vote
Active Founding members: 1 vote

The number of votes is not cumulative in case that the member falls into more than one category.

Announcement of the elected candidates:

The maximum term for the Electoral Commission to announce the outcome of the election is November 22, 2010. The elected candidates will occupy their seats on January 1st. 2011

Further details on LACNIC´s elections are available at:
http://lacnic.net/en/sobre-lacnic/elecciones/index.html

Information about LACNIC´s Board of Directors:
http://lacnic.net/en/sobre-lacnic/directorio.html