|Dear All, | |The term of Chris Disspain, the ccNSO nominated Director fulfilling ICANN Board Seat 11, will expire at the ICANN69 Annual General Meeting 2020 in Hamburg. |By November 2020, Chris will have served 3 terms on the Board: therefore, he is not eligible for reappointment. To meet the ICANN Bylaws requirement of |appointing a Director by 22 April 2020, the ccNSO Council will open a call for nominations to fill ICANN Board Seat number 11, starting Wednesday 11 |September 2019 (00:01 UTC) and closing 3 weeks later, on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 (23:59 UTC). | |Below you will find all details related to the procedure for nominating and seconding candidates, and the next steps. This announcement will also be available |here: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/nominations.htm | |** | |*How to nominate and second a candidate* | |Timeline of the nomination and secondment procedure: | |*START:*Wednesday, 11 September 2019 (00:01 UTC) | |*END:*Wednesday, 2 October 2019 (23:59 UTC) | | * Each ccNSO member can nominate one (1) person for a seat to be | filled on the ICANN Board | * Each ccNSO member can second one (1) person for a seat to be filled | on the ICANN Board | * Only ccTLD Managers who are a member of the ccNSO as of the | publication date of the call for nominations, i.e. on 10 September | 2019, can nominate or second a candidate | * All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member | * Nominations and secondments should be sent by e-mail to the | Nomination Manager at the following e-mail address: | ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org | |Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided below. You are kindly invited to follow these instructions closely. Please do not use |alternative templates. | |

/Template for nominations

NOMINATION TO THE ICANN BOARD

1. Your full name: Antonio Godinho
2. Your e-mail address: Antonio@uem.mz
3. Your ccTLD: .MZ
4. Full name of the person you nominate to the ICANN Board: Calvin Scott Browne
5. E-mail address of the person you nominate: calvin@dns.business
6. Country of citizenship or domicile of the person you nominate: South Africa

-- Antonio Godinho B.Sc., MCSE, CCNP CIUEM .MZ ccTLD Manager Maputo Mozambique