{"id":44954,"date":"2016-07-21T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/news\/ciras-nomination-committee-selects-candidates-2016-board-directors-election\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:57:43","slug":"ciras-nomination-committee-selects-candidates-2016-board-directors-election","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/resources\/news\/state-of-internet\/ciras-nomination-committee-selects-candidates-2016-board-directors-election\/","title":{"rendered":"CIRA\u2019s nomination committee selects candidates for the 2016 board of directors\u2019 election; CIRA member applications open July 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Ottawa, ON \u2013 July 21, 2016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The Canadian Internet Registration Authority&#8217;s (CIRA) nomination committee has selected six\u00a0candidates from across Canada with a broad mix of experience and qualifications necessary for the management of the .CA domain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Ottawa, ON \u2013 July 21, 2016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The Canadian Internet Registration Authority&#8217;s (CIRA) nomination committee has selected six\u00a0candidates from across Canada with a broad mix of experience and qualifications necessary for the management of the .CA domain. To view the list of nomination committee candidates, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election-results\">https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election-results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>CIRA Members who wish to apply for the Members&#8217; slate of candidates can apply from 2 p.m. ET on July 28, 2016 to 2 p.m. ET on August 11, 2016 at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election\">https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This will be followed by a show of support period starting August 25, 2016 and ending on September 8, 2016. The board of directors&#8217; election vote runs from September 22, 2016 until September 29, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to vote, .CA holders must be Members before the end of the day on September 1, 2016 (21 days before the start of the voting period), and remain an active Member at the time they cast their vote.<\/p>\n<p>Information about CIRA&#8217;s board of directors&#8217; election is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election\">https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>About CIRA<\/h2>\n<p>The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) manages the .CA top-level domain, Canada&#8217;s online identifier, on behalf of all Canadians. A Member-driven organization, CIRA also facilitates the development of a better Internet for all Canadians, and represents the .CA registry internationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa, ON \u2013 July 21, 2016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Canadian Internet Registration Authority&#8217;s (CIRA) nomination committee has selected six\u00a0candidates from across Canada with a broad mix of experience and qualifications necessary for the management of the .CA domain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"slim_seo":{"title":"CIRA\u2019s nomination committee selects candidates for the 2016 board of directors\u2019 election; CIRA member applications open July 28 - CIRA","description":"Ottawa, ON \u2013 July 21, 2016\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 The Canadian Internet Registration Authority's (CIRA) nomination committee has selected six\u00a0candidates from across Canada with a b"},"footnotes":""},"topic":[1028],"class_list":["post-44954","cira_news","type-cira_news","status-publish","hentry","cira_news_type-cira-news-type-blog","cira_topic-cira-topic-state-of-internet","cira_author-tanya-ocallaghan"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cira_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/44954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cira_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/topic?post=44954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}