Agreed. Best wishes Nick From: Ccnso-council <ccnso-council-bounces@icann.org> On Behalf Of Bart Boswinkel Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 3:42 PM To: ccNSO-Council@icann.org Subject: [ccnso-council] Confirmation dates voting process Board Seat 11 Dear all, As discussed on last Council call, please find included the draft resolution for adoption on the change of the voting dates to select the nominee for Board Seat 11. If you have any questions, comments etc. , please send your email to the list by 7 February 2020. Once adopted the resolution will also be included in the Nomination report. Thank you and kind regards, Bart ------------------------------------------ Draft Resolution Background In accordance with the Guideline ccNSO Nominations Board Seat 11 and 12 ( https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-nominations-icann-board-guidelin... [ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_working...> ), the ccNSO Council appointed the Nomination Manager and adopted the timeline for the Board Seat 11 Nomination process at its 22 August 2019 meeting. As part of the Nomination process, and according to the adopted timeline the ccNSO members were invited to vote on their preferred candidate from Tuesday, 14 January 2020 (00:01 UTC)until Friday, 31 January 2020 (23:59 UTC). A few hours after the voting process was opened, the Nomination Manager noted the ballot circulated to the members did not allow to vote on one of the three candidates. After this was determined, the election process was closed, the Nomination Manager informed the ccNSO Council and ccNSO community, announced a new round of voting and send new ballots to the relevant representatives of the ccNSO members. This new round run from 15 January 2020, 00.01 UTC until 31 January 2020 (23.59 UTC). Decision The ccNSO Council confirms the adjusted timeline of the nomination process. The ccNSO Council believes that the adjusted timeline is well within the margins for the duration of the voting period (between two( 2) and three (3) weeks) as required under the relevant Guideline, and given the issue at was within the power of the Nomination Manager to resolve. Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org<http://ccnso.icann.org/> --