Dear Councillors, Please find below a draft resolution, presented to you for an online decision. Kindly provide me with your input by the end of 10 December 2020, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed resolution. Adoption ccNSO Council Election Report * For decision Adoption Council Election Report FY 2021 * Background In March 2021, at the conclusion of ICANN70, the 3-year term of the following ccNSO Councillors ends: Africa: Abdalla Omari Asia Pacific: Young Eum Lee Europe: Katrina Sataki Latin America/Caribbean: Margarita Valdes North America: Byron Holland The ccNSO Council launched a nomination process, in accordance with the approved timeline. As only one candidate was nominated and seconded within the nomination period for the African, European, Latin American-Caribbean and North American regions, no elections need to be held in those regions. For the Asia-Pacific region, in accordance with the applicable rules, three (3) candidates were nominated, seconded and have accepted their nomination. Consequently, an election was be held – according to the timeline previously agreed upon by the ccNSO Council – among the ccNSO members from the Asia-Pacific region. At the closure of the elections, 35 members (66 %) casted their votes: Anil Kumar Jain received 11 votes, Boyoung Kim also received 11 votes and Jiankang Yao received 13 votes. There were no members that voted without selecting any of the candidates. As per the relevant guideline, a majority of all ccNSO members in the Geographic Region entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum, and the selected candidate must receive the votes of a majority of those cast by ccNSO members within the Geographic Region. The Council Election Report FY 2021, as prepared by the Election Process Manager, is attached. * Draft Resolution THE CCNSO COUNCIL RESOLVED TO adopt the Council Election Report FY 2021, and notes the observations. By this adoption the election process 2021 is closed. The ccNSO Council congratulates the elected candidates and thanks the other candidates who expressed interest to serve on the Council. The elected candidates are: Hadji Mmadi Ali (Africa), Jiankang Yao (Asia-Pacific), Irina Danelia (Europe), Jenifer Lopez (Latin America - Caribbean), and Sean Copeland (North America). The ccNSO Council Chair is requested to provide the ICANN Secretary prompt written notice of the selection of ccNSO Council members under section 10.4 (i) of the ICANN Bylaws. The Secretariat is requested to publish the report on the ccNSO website. Best regards, The Election Process Manager Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org