Dear All, Please see the announcement of the start of the 2014 At-Large Board Director Selection Process sent on behalf of Tijani Ben Jemaa, Chair of the Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC): ** The At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is announcing the start of the process of the selection of Seat number 15 of the ICANN Board of Director who is selected by At-Large Community. In 2010 we selected our first Board Director following the ICANN Board decision to replace the liaison ALAC had on the Board by a full rights voting Director. The new Board Director occupying Seat 15 will join the ICANN Board at the conclusion of 2014 AGM, in October 2014, and thus, according to the ICANN bylaws, we must notify the name of the appointed Director at least 6 months before this date. To meet this deadline, ALAC set up the following timeline: At-Large Board Member Selection Timeline Milestone Date BMSCP Publication of final timeline Sunday, 17 November 2013 BCEC Publication of Call for EoIs Tuesday, 26 November 2013 Deadline for submission of EoIs Thursday, 26 December 2013 Request for Candidate References Saturday, 28 December 2013 Deadline for submission of Candidate references Monday, 13 January 2014 BCEC announcement of slate of candidates Tuesday, 28 January 2014 RALO identification of additional candidates Tuesday, 28 January 2014 Deadline for support from other RALOs for additional candidates Friday, 21 February 2014 Publication of final slate Sunday, 23 February 2014 Initiation of first round vote Sunday, 16 March 2014 Announcement of winner Tuesday, 15 April 2014 Additional information is available on the At-Large Board Member 2014 Selection Workspace<https://community.icann.org/display/ABMS/At-Large+Board+Member+2014+Selectio...>. ** Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Julia Charvolen ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org>>