[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007. Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007. The candidates are: - Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi - Smain Aouissi - Raimundo Beca - Vikram Gupta - Jordi Palet Martinez - Remco Van Mook - Shahmeet Singh - Kuo-Wei Wu In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and statements of support for these candidates. If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate, please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at: board-nomms@aso.icann.org All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view them, follow the links for each candidate at: http://www.aso.icann.org/elections Kind Regards, ASO Secretariat ---------------------- Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC