Dear All, The online election for the open APRALO Chair position has started and will remain open until Thursday 19 May 2011 at 13:00 UTC. All registered ALS representatives should have received a personal email with their voting credentials a couple of minutes ago. Please contact staff under staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> if you have not received them. Attached below you find a list with all eligible APRALO ALS representatives. There are two candidates for the Chair position: Charles Mok Sivasubramanian Muthusamy (Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by family name.) The new Chair will serve both for an interim term of 14 May 2011 through 30 June 2011 (completing the original term of Professor Xue, who recently resigned as Chair) and for the official term of 01 July 2011 through 30 June 2013. *********** The question to be put will be the following: Who should be elected as the APRALO Chair for the period of two (2) years ? With possible options: Charles Mok Sivasubramanian Muthusamy Abstain *********** The vote will be anonymous and remain open until Thursday 19 May 2011 at 13:00 UTC. In the event of a tie, there will be a second round of voting. You can find additional information about this position and the election process, including candidate statements, under: https://community.icann.org/display/APRALO/2011+Election+Calls+-+APRALO Thank you. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Seth Greene, Matt Ashtiani, Gisella Gruber-White, Marilyn Vernon ICANN At-Large Staff ----------------------------------------------------------------- Eligible APRALO voters (total 19): Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation Karaitiana Taiuru karaitiana@taiuru.maori.nz<mailto:karaitiana@taiuru.maori.nz> Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Mahmoud Lattoufi mlattouf@agip.com<mailto:mlattouf@agip.com> At Large@China Asia-Pacific Mengxuan Wu wu.mx@hotmail.com<mailto:wu.mx@hotmail.com> Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Dr. Hong Xue Chair o hongxueipr@gmail.com<mailto:hongxueipr@gmail.com> Emirates Internet Group Asia-Pacific Khalid Bin Thani Chairman info@isoc.ae<mailto:info@isoc.ae> Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) Asia-Pacific Paul Chow Secretary paul@hkif.hk<mailto:paul@hkif.hk> Internet Users Network Asia-Pacific Izumi Aizu iza@anr.org<mailto:iza@anr.org> Internet Users Society Niue Stafford Guest Secretary sguest@niue.nu<mailto:sguest@niue.nu> ISOC Australia Asia-Pacific Cheryl Langdon-Orr langdonorr@gmail.com<mailto:langdonorr@gmail.com> ISOC Chapter India Chennai Sivasubramanian Muthusamy isolatedn@gmail.com<mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com> ISOC HK Edmon Chung sec@hkif.hk<mailto:sec@hkif.hk> ISOC NZ Keith Davidson keith@internetnz.net.nz<mailto:keith@internetnz.net.nz> ISOC Taiwan Chapter Asia-Pacific Chung Laung Liu liucl@mx.nthu.edu.tw<mailto:liucl@mx.nthu.edu.tw> National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) Ku Wei Wu kuoweiwu@gmail.com<mailto:kuoweiwu@gmail.com> Open Standards and Internet Association (OSIA) Hyun-kook Kahng kahng@kkorea.ac.kr<mailto:kahng@kkorea.ac.kr> Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society (PICISOC) Leslie Allison Chairman leslie.allinson@gmail.com<mailto:leslie.allinson@gmail.com> Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India Nimrol Agarwal nirmol81@yahoo.com<mailto:nirmol81@yahoo.com> Internet Society Pakistan Chapter QasimY. Khan isoc@isocpk.org<mailto:isoc@isocpk.org> Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Fouad Riaz Bajwa fouadbajwa@gmail.com<mailto:fouadbajwa@gmail.com>