Dear all I am pleased to announce that nominations for candidacy for election to the AoIR executive have now closed and a strong and diverse field of candidates has emerged. There is more than one candidate for all the positions (see below). We will now have a month of discussion and consideration prior to the commencement of voting in July. This discussion will take place through asynchronous (bulletin board) forums at http://forums.aoir.org. At this site, after creating a simple account (done automatically when you register), you may: - read the position statements of the candidates (that are based on answers to questions agreed by the current exec) - initiate discussion with any and all candidates by posting questions or raising issues with them - follow the debate between candidates and voters I will provide further information closer to the end of June on the simple voting procedure. I can announce that Jennifer Stromer-Galley of University of Albany has been appointed again as ballot counter. The candidates are: Vice President/President-elect Charles Ess; James Watt Treasurer Alex Halavais; Catherine Middleton; Monica Murero Secretary Irene Berkowitz; Sabryna Cornish; Elijah Wright Graduate Student Representative Ted Coopman; Anu Mundkur; Lois Scheidt; Gail Taylor; Stephanie Tuszynski; Elizabeth Van-Couvering Open Seats (3 to be elected) Ellis Godard; Stine Gotved; Caroline Haythornthwaite; Mark Johns; Randy Kluver; Holly Kruse; Ed Lamoureux; Kate O'Riordan; Antonio Roversi; Malin Sveningsson; Jamie Switzer; Michele White Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org