[nznog] InternetNZ Council Elections

I've been looking at the candidates for the InternetNZ Council  
elections with some concern at the lack of candidates from this  
community. See http://internetnz.net.nz/about/council/2008-2009/2009-election

I know many of you are not what you see as political animals but there  
is a need for a strong voice in that forum from the technical  
community. I see many of the current list of candidates as coming from  
a purely business background with little or no Internet history.

This community had to galvanise itself once before to ensure that  
InternetNZ represented the ideals that many of us hold about how  
InternetNZ should be organised and you may want to ask yourself is it  
time to get involved.

My position as a Director of the Domain Name Commission precludes me  
from standing. I'm happy to discuss with anyone who might be  
interested and lend my support if you think it's useful

andy