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Time To Vote: CIRA Board Elections Open Until September 30th

By Michael Geist

I have been fairly critical of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority in recent months as I sense a discouraging drift away from its mandate of serving the broader public interest.  The best way to influence CIRA is through the Board of Director elections.  This year there are four spots open - three for nomination committee candidates and one for a "member nominated" director.  I have little to say about the six candidates vying for the three nomination committee seats other than I was hard pressed to find anyone who said much of anything about the public interest in their statements.  The nomination committee was presumably asked to find business candidates and it did its job.  As for the two member nominated candidates (a third candidate recently dropped out), both Barry Shell and Jeff Rybak speak out on public interest concerns with slightly different perspectives in their statements. Read both statements and, if you are a CIRA member, be sure to vote before the election closes on September 30th

Full post as published by Michael Geist on September 27, 2009 (boomark / email).