Dear all,

Following people were nominated and seconded in the ccNSO Council nomination process:

African Region: Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci
Asia Pacific Region: Hiro Hotta, .jp and Hong Xue (undefined affiliation)
European Region: Ondrej Filip, .cz and Roelof Meijer, .nl
Latin American Region: Victor Abboud, .ec and Demi Getschko, .br
North American Region: Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi

(see archives at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/)

All candidates, except Demi Getschko have accepted their nominations. This means that there will be elections held in the Asia-Pacific and European region.

A warm welcome to the Councillors for the African, Latin American and North American region: Souleyman Oumtanaga, Victor Abboud and Dotty Sparks de Blanc! Their term will begin directly after the ICANN meeting in March 2011.

The timeline for the elections in the Asia-Pacific and European region is as follows:

5  October: Publication of list of electorate; campaign period opens
12 October: Campaign period closes; ballots issues to members of voting electorate
26 October: Voting closes
28 October: Announcement of results by Election manager; Election manager submits Election report

More information on the elections will follow closer to the start of the election period.

Kind regards,

Gabi