2023 ARIN Election Results

Posted: Monday, 30 October 2023
Elections

The 2023 ARIN Elections concluded at 7:00 PM ET on Friday, 27 October, and ARIN wishes to congratulate those elected by the community to serve on the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council (AC) after an election that saw the highest ever total numbers of both General Member organizations and voting contacts participating.

Board of Trustees

Dan Alexander has been elected, and incumbents Nancy Carter and Tina Morris have been re-elected to the Board of Trustees. Each will serve a three-year term commencing 1 January 2024. In addition, Chris Tacit has been elected to a one-year partial term to complete the seat left open by Bram Abramson’s resignation earlier this year. I hope you will join me and the rest of the Board of Trustees in thanking David Zumwalt, Khaled Koubaa, Andrew Dul, William Sylvester, Philip Duclos, and Jack Cathey for their participation in this year’s election. Their interest in contributing to ARIN’s future and their concern for the governance of the organization and the Internet are deeply appreciated, and we look forward to their continued participation.

Advisory Council

Elizabeth Goodson and Kaitlyn Pellak have been elected, and incumbents Matthew Wilder, Douglas Camin, and Leif Sawyer have been re-elected to the Advisory Council for three-year terms beginning 1 January 2024. In addition, Matthew Gamble has been elected to fill a one-year term to complete the term of Rob Seastrom’s Advisory Council seat, and Daniel Schatte has been elected to a one-year term to complete the term of Amy Potter, who submitted her resignation effective 31 December 2023. The Board of Trustees thanks Jason Weil, Anthony Delacruz, Roy Hoover, Dustin Moses, Ibrahim (Ibro) Seremet, Dean Hardy, and Rob Johnstone for their participation in this year’s Advisory Council elections and looks forward to their continued involvement in our community, including policy development.

NRO Number Council

This year was an appointment year for the NRO Number Council (NC) seat from the ARIN region. As announced on 19 October 2023, Kevin Blumberg was reappointed by the Board of Trustees and will begin serving on 1 January 2024 for another three-year term. Thank you to Kate Gerry and Lou DeVictoria for volunteering as candidates for the NRO NC, and we appreciate your participation.

Thanks and Appreciation

We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation and thanks to outgoing Advisory Council members Andrew Dul, Anita Nikolich, and Amy Potter. Each has contributed to our community and done tremendous work in their roles on the Advisory Council and beyond. We look forward to their continued interest and involvement in ARIN policy development.

Regards,

John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

2023 Nomination Process Summary

In accordance with the ARIN Bylaws and ARIN Election Processes:

• A call for nominations for the Board of Trustees, Advisory Council, and NRO Number Council went out to the ARIN community via the ARIN Announce and General Members mailing lists and ARIN’s website. ARIN’s Call for Nominations closed at the specified date and time as publicly announced.
• The ARIN Nomination Committee put forward the slate of candidates, noting assessed qualifications. Fourteen nominations were received for the Advisory Council and twelve were received for the Board; all are present on the Final Slate of Candidates except for two Board nominees who withdrew their candidacies.
• ARIN’s President and CEO notified the Membership of the slate of candidates for the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council.
• Candidate biographies were posted to the ARIN website and the Voting Contacts of all eligible General Members in Good Standing were sent an email with a link to the 2023 Voter Guide that contained the candidate biographies and given the opportunity to read and post Statements of Support for each candidate. All candidates were subscribed to the General Members mailing list, and all voting contacts and Points of Contacts of eligible General Members were notified of the availability of the list and the opportunity to engage with candidates.
• Each candidate was provided an opportunity to address the ARIN Membership at the ARIN 52 Public Policy and Members Meeting on Thursday, 19 October 2023. Video recordings of these were made available the next day.

2023 Election Process Summary

In accordance with the ARIN Bylaws:

• ARIN President and CEO John Curran certified a list of eligible member organizations and affiliated Voting Contacts. ARIN Board Trustee Robert Seastrom confirmed the President’s review.
• Online voting for eligible General Members in Good Standing began 19 October 2023 at 3:00 PM ET. Voting closed eight days later (27 October 2023 at 7:00 PM ET). All online votes were confirmed.
• Quorum in the Board and AC elections was achieved as ballots were cast by more than 5% of the total eligible General Membership.
• Adherence to approved voting procedures and the vote tally were confirmed by ARIN President and CEO John Curran, ARIN Board Trustee Robert Seastrom, and ARIN General Counsel Michael Abejuela.
• The results are provided below. The election process and results have been verified according to the requirements of the ARIN Bylaws.

Election Results

2023 Voter Statistics

• 7,141 ARIN General Members in total as of 4 September 2023
• 6,197 ARIN eligible organizations** as of 4 September 2023
• Active Participation Amongst ARIN General Membership for Board and Advisory Council Election: 959 ARIN General Members cast ballots (via 789 Voting Contacts)

**ARIN Member in Good Standing with a properly registered Voting Contact linked to an ARIN Online account as of 4 September 2023.