Dear BC Members, Please note this is an election announcement for the Nominating Committee seats for the BC. Following the closure of the two week nomination period, I am pleased to announce the outcome of the nomination for these positions, in alphabetical order by last name: Nominees for the large business representative on the NomCom: 1. Ron Andruff 2. Sarah Deutsch Nominees for the small business representative on the NomCom: 1. Jimson Olufuye 2. Stéphane Van Gelder The deadline for the submission of candidate statements is tomorrow, July 24th, 2013. Once all statements are received, I will aggregate them and submit them to the BC list. You are encouraged to submit questions for the candidate to bcvotes@hotmail.com in preparation for the candidate call on Tuesday, July 30th at 11 am EST (3 pm UTC). All questions will be aggregated by the Voting Officer and submitted to the bc-gnso@icann.org list and to the nominees in preparation for the call. For more information regarding the election process, please refer to the election procedure previously submitted, or contact the Voting Officer on this email address: bcvotes@hotmail.com Thank you, Kind Regards, Benedetta Rossi Serving as Voting Officer BC Secretariat bc-secretariat@icann.org <https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home www.bizconst.org