Those of you who are the administrative contacts for a registered domain under the .ca top-level domain will have no doubt received an e-mail such as the one below (which you may have already deleted without giving it much thought). Those of you who weren't at Tuesday's MUUG meeting might be interested to know that Bill Reid (a long-time MUUG member, and the presenter at our Tuesday meeting) is one of the candidates for the CIRA board of directors election. I've known Bill for a long time, and can't think of anyone in Manitoba who would be more qualified as a CIRA board member. His knowledge of networks, and his dedication to whatever tasks he takes on, would make him a great asset to CIRA, and to all network users in Manitoba. I strongly encourage you to vote for Bill! Thank you. (This has not been a paid political announcement... :) -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil@cs.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Computer Science Web: http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~gedetil/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg, MB, CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:15:28 -0400 Reply-To: members@cira.ca Subject: CIRA Board of Directors Election Polls Open Today From: "CIRA-ACEI" <members@cira.ca> Please join CIRA Members in casting votes online or by fax ballot starting at noon (12:00) Eastern time June 16, 2005 until 8:00 pm (20:00) Eastern time June 22, 2005. You can cast your vote in one of three ways: 1. By following https://elections.cira.ca/election_vote?t=DELETEDDELETEDDELETE , which will bring you directly to the voting interface. 2. By visiting http://www.cira.ca/en/election_2005/vote-2005.html, clicking on the “VOTE” link, and logging into the voting interface with your CIRA User Account Number and Password. 3. By calling 1-877-860-1411 (8:00 to 20:00 Eastern time) to request a fax ballot and vote by fax (directions are provided on the fax ballot). A total of 14 Candidates are listed on the ballot. Candidates' names and election statements are available through http://www.cira.ca/en/election_2005/election-2005.html (click on Final Candidates). Voting will close at 8:00 pm (20:00) Eastern time on June 22, 2005. The three Candidates garnering the most votes will hold terms of three years and the fourth Candidate will hold a Vacant Director seat for one year. You will need your CIRA User Account Number and Password to vote or obtain a fax ballot. If you have misplaced your CIRA User Account Number and/or Password, please contact your Registrar as soon as possible to obtain a replacement. If you do not know who your Registrar is, look up your domain name registration information in the CIRA WHOIS directory at www.cira.ca/en/re_whois.html. CIRA will, using reasonable commercial efforts, post the election results on CIRA’s website before June 29, 2005. Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) -----------------------------------------------------------------------------