Dear all, At the meeting in Nairobi, one ccNSO Councillor from each region is stepping down: Africa- Paulos Nyirenda, .mw Asia/Australia/Pacific- Chris Disspain, .au Latin America/Caribbean- Oscar Robles-Garay, .mx Europe- Lesley Cowley, .uk North America- Oscar Moreno, .pr Below you will find all details of the procedure for nominations and for seconding nominations. Nominations can be made from the 11th September 00.00 UTC until 2 October 2009, 00.00 UTC. Nominations can only be made via ccnso-nominations@icann.org and will require verification. Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided. Please use these templates. You can also find all this information at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-11sep09.htm You can see who has been nominated at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations Kind regards, Gabi ---- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE CCNSO COUNCIL Nomination of Candidates: Open: 11 September 2009 at 00:00 UTC Close: 2 October 2009 at 00:00 UTC 1. One candidate per "Geographic Region": Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America/Caribbean islands; Africa; and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council 2. Call for nominations The bylaws Section 4, Membership. paragraph 8 state: "Any ccNSO member may nominate an individual to serve as a ccNSO Council member representing the ccNSO member's Geographic Region. Nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member from the same Geographic Region. " Each member can nominate one candidate for election to the ccNSO council and each member can second one candidate. Candidates do not need to be resident in the region or a citizen of a country within the region in which they stand for election. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must have been a member of the ccNSO by 11 September 2009. Nominations or Seconds should be sent by e-mail to the Nominations Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-nominations@icann.org. PLEASE NOTE: If you send a Nomination or Second you will receive an email from ICANN asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to ccnso-nominations@icann.org. For your Nomination or Second to be valid you MUST respond to the email requesting confirmation. Archives to be found at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations. Please use this template for nominations: Template for nomination: 1 Region for which nomination is being made: 2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 3a. Full name of the nominator: 3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator 3c. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for seconding a nomination: 1. Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Nominations Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations. The Nominations Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees. In the event that a region has more than 1 nominee, an election in that region will be called.