Results: 2009 CIRA Board of Directors Election
CIRA Announces Names of Newly Elected Directors
Ottawa, October 1, 2009 - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) today announced the results of its 2009 CIRA Board of Directors election. The four newly elected individuals will take office immediately, each for a three year term. CIRA's new 15 person Board of Directors will appoint a Vice-Chair at its first meeting in October 2009.
CIRA’s Returning Officer, Eric Lay, tabulated votes from 603 ballots cast by CIRA Members who participated to elect three Candidates from the Nomination Committee Slate and one Candidate from the Members' Slate, a 20% increase in participation over last year. The Candidates who received the largest number of votes in their respective slates were elected to CIRA's Board of Directors.
The results of the 2009 Board of Directors Election are listed below:
| Nomination Committee Slate | |||
| Candidate name | Votes | ||
| Withers, Victoria | 307 Elected | ||
| Gilmour, Margaret | 272 Elected | ||
| Grey, Jim | 269 Elected | ||
| Plank, Genevieve | 226 | ||
| McCue, Christopher | 225 | ||
| Courteau, Georges | 184 | ||
| Members' Slate | |||
| Candidate name | Votes | ||
| Shell, Barry | 320 Elected | ||
| Rybak, Jeff | 259 | ||
CIRA would like to thank the departing Directors Christopher Goodfellow, Bill Reid and Jeff Rybak for their time and efforts dedicated to CIRA.
Other members of the 2009-2010 CIRA Board of Directors include:
• Paul Andersen, Egate Communications Inc.
• Richard Anderson, ASCI - Anderson Strategic Consulting Inc.
• Kerry Brown, KDB Systems
• John Demco, Ex-officio non-voting Board member, Webnames.ca Inc.
• Heather Dryden, Ex-officio non-voting representative appointed by Industry Canada
• Byron Holland, Ex-officio non-voting Board member, President and CEO, Canadian Internet Registration Authority
• Ron Kawchuk, RKA Inc
• Lynne Mackan-Roy, Cambrian Credit Union
• Ross Rader, Tucows Inc.
• Rick Sutcliffe, Trinity Western University
• Tom Williams, Givemeaning
The election was held from September 23 to 30, 2009 at CIRA’s Election website. CIRA thanks all Candidates who participated in this year’s election and also wishes to express gratitude and appreciation to its Returning Officer, Eric Lay, for his contribution to this year’s election.
About CIRA
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the not-for-profit, member-driven organization that manages Canada's dot-ca domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada's Internet community, and represents the dot-ca registry internationally.
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Media Enquiries:
Jennifer Austin
Senior Manager, Communications and Marketing
Phone : 613-237-5335 ext 296
Email: jennifer.austin@cira.ca
