2021 Elections: ASO Address Council

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The Address Council (AC) is responsible for the ASO's administrative functions.

The ASO Address Council consists of fifteen members, three from each of the five Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities. It is responsible for overseeing and developing recommendations on IP addressing policies and advising the ICANN Board on these topics. It is also responsible for appointing two directors to serve on the ICANN Board through an open call for nominations and the corresponding selection process. 

1. Any person from the LACNIC region may be nominated in this process, with the exception of staff members of any of the Regional Internet Registries, members of the LACNIC Board of Directors, and any person having the same nationality as one of the ASO AC members elected by the LACNIC community and currently in office.*
   
   * The community representative currently serving on the ASO AC is a Cuban national. This means that citizens of this country can only nominate candidates who are citizens of other countries of our region.
2. Self-nominations are allowed.
3. In order to be accepted, candidates must state that they are familiar with the LACNIC Policy Development Process, the role of the ASO AC, and the forms in which the community can participate in these processes.
4. Only candidates who receive at least 5 (five) expressions of support from citizens of the LACNIC region before the corresponding deadline may run in the election.

1. Candidate information (acknowledgment of nominations, expressions of support, candidate bios) will be published on LACNIC's website.
2. If the deadline for candidate nominations expires and no candidates meeting all the requirements have been nominated, an additional 15-day nomination period will be announced during which the limitation regarding candidates’ country of origin will be waived.
3. Should a member of the ASO AC be elected to the LACNIC Board of Directors, such member must resign from the ASO AC before taking office on the Board.

Due to the pandemic declared by the WHO and considering that our in-person events are now being moved online, community elections, which until recently were held in person at the Public Policy Forum, are currently being held online.

1. Voting is conducted online using LACNIC's election software.
2. Anyone who subscribes to the Policy list before the closing of the voters’ registry will be eligible to vote.
3. Anyone who subscribes to the Policy list before the voters’ registry closes will be eligible to vote.
4. Votes are anonymous.