Dear all, The nomination period for the position of ALAC representative, which ended on October 5th resulted in three candidates running for this position: * Sivasubramanian Muthusamy, President at ISOC India Chennai and CEO at Turiya * Dr.V.C.Vivekanandan, HRD IP Chair Professor & Head-Centre for IPLaw studies * Prof. Ming-Cheng Laing of ISOC-TW The online election for the open ALAC seat will now start for a period of seven days, which ends on 20 October at 2359 UTC. The election will be conducted online via the BigPulse voting system. The authorized ALS representatives will shortly receive a separate Email with their voting credentials and a link to the election interface. It was decided by the vice Chair Karaitiana Taiuru that this will be a preference election, meaning that you choose by preference between the three candidates. You will be asked to do the following: "Please vote for candidates in order of preference with 1 (the first click made) being your first choice, 2 your second and 3 your third." The preference numbers placed on each candidate are added to produce a total vote score for each placard. The candidate with the lowest scores is treated as the winner of this election. You can click on the names of the candidates to review their biography. Further, the APRALO officers decided to use this opportunity to get in touch with your ALS and produced a series of questions related to ALS participation in APRALO. You will shortly receive an email with your voting credentials and a link to the first of a total of 10 questions. Once you are finished with the questionnaire, you will automatically be guided to the ALAC election. Feel free to contact the Staff if you have questions. The following ALSes will receive their credentials shortly. They each have one vote in this election. Internet Users Network Chinese Domain Name Users Alliance Aotearoa Maori Internet Organisation Pacific Islands Chapter fo the Internet Society (PICISOC) Arab Knowledge Management Society (AKMS) Internet Users Society Niue ISOC HK ISOC Taiwan Chapter Hong Kong Internet Forum (HKIF) Internet NZ (Internet Society of NZ Incorporated) National Information Infrastructure Enterprise Promotion Association (NIIEPA) Emirates Internet Group Internet Society Australia AtLarge@China Society Vasudhay Kutumbhkum (ISVK)- India Regards, Nick Ashton-Hart, Matthias Langenegger, Frederic Teboul ICANN At-Large Staff email: staff@atlarge.icann.org