Dear All, In accordance with the At-Large Election Schedule 2009 (see http://www.atlarge.icann.org/elections/2009) , which was adopted by the ALAC at its 4th August teleconference, an online ALAC vote starts today on the At-Large NomCom Delegate positions for the coming year. Please note that the only authorised voters for this election are the 15 members of the At-Large Advisory Committee. The questions to be put will be the following: ****************** 1. Would you like to nominate Yaovi Atohoun as the African At-Large Delegate to the NomCom? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain 2. Would you like to nominate Hong Xue as the Asian-Pacific At-Large Delegate to the NomCom? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain 3. Would you like to nominate Olivier M.J. Crépin-Leblond as the European At-Large Delegate to the NomCom? With possible answers: Yes No Abstain 4. Who should be the At-Large Delegate to the NomCom from Latin-America and the Caribbean? Please vote for candidates in order of preference with 1 (the first click made) being your first choice and 2 your second. LACRALO recommended José Ovidio Salgueiro as their preferred candidate for regional NomCom Delegate With possible answers: José Ovidio Salgueiro Cintra Sooknanan 5. Who should be the At-Large delegate to the NomCom from North America? Please vote for candidates in order of preference with 1 (the first click made) being your first choice and 2 your second. NARALO recommended Eduardo Diaz as as their preferred candidate for regional NomCom Delegate With possible answers: Glenn McKnight Eduardo Diaz click ******************** A separate email with their voting credentials has been sent to the members of the ALAC today. Please contact staff@atlarge.icann.org if you have not received your credentials. All currently open ALAC votes are linked to a menu page under: _https://www.bigpulse.com/m6962/_ (since this poll is anonymous, only registered ALAC members will be able to see the voting page for the NomCom delegate elections) Also, please note that on the poll menu, you will find five separate polls which are not linked to each other. You will have to click on each of the five links on the poll menu page to vote in all five polls. The vote will remain open until Monday, 14th September at 2359 UTC. -- -- Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Heidi Ullrich, Matthias Langenegger, Gisella Gruber-White ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org