The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) appointed Susan Mehinagic as its new board chair and Bill Sandiford as its new vice-chair, the organization said. CIRA said in a release that Mehinagic, a chartered accountant and lawyer, was picked as chair at a board meeting Tuesday and will serve on a two-year term. Sandiford, the president of the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and the chief technical officer at Telnet Communications, was appointed vice-chair on a one-year term, the group said. Mehinagic replaces outgoing CIRA board chair Paul Andersen, president of EGATE Networks Inc., who served as the CIRA board chair for five years, the release said....