CIRA Announces the Results of the 2011 Board of Directors Election

Ottawa, October 3, 2011 - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is pleased to announce the results of its 2011 Board of Directors election. CIRA’s Election Returning Officer, Eric Lay, tabulated votes from 968 ballots cast by .CA Members, a 22 per cent increase in voter participation over last year.

This year .CA Member voted to elect three Candidates from the Nomination Committee Slate and one Candidate from the Members' Slate, each for a three-year term.

The following four newly elected individuals will take office immediately:

A list of all the election Candidates and their vote count is available at https://elections.cira.ca/2011/results/en

CIRA wishes to thank departing Directors Lynne Mackan-Roy, Ross Rader and Tom Williams for their time and effort dedicated to CIRA.

The full 2011-2012 CIRA Board of Directors include:

Paul Andersen
Rick Anderson
Kerry Brown
John Demco (ex-officio)
Heather Dryden (ex-officio)
Andrew Escobar
Jim Grey
Byron Holland (ex-officio)
John King
Rowena Liang
Louise Macdonald
Susan Mehinagic
Barry Shell
Bill St. Arnaud
Victoria Withers

CIRA thanks all Candidates who participated in this year’s election and the many Members who took time to vote and in turn, help shape our Internet and our future.

Information about CIRA’s Board of Directors Election is available at www.ciraelections.ca.

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About CIRA
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is the Member-driven organization that manages Canada’s .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada’s Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally.

For additional information, please contact:
Jennifer Austin
Senior Manager, Communications and Marketing
(613) 237-5335 ext. 296
jennifer.austin@cira.ca