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