ccNSO Council 2025 European region Special Elections: Candidate List and Upcoming Steps To fill the vacancy on the ccNSO Council for the European region, the ccNSO recently opened a call for nominations, which closed on Tuesday, 15 April 2025, at 23:59 UTC. This new nomination process was initiated because the Councillor-elect from the European region, chosen during the 2025 ccNSO Council nomination process, resigned in February 2025. The following candidate has been nominated, seconded, and accepted their nomination in line with the established rules and timeline: * Nigel Roberts To view the nomination archives, click here<https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/ccnso-nominations@icann.org/>. Nigel accepted his nomination here<https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/ccnso-nominations@icann.org/thread/G...>. His Candidate Statement is attached, and his statement of interest (SOI) is posted here<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ccnsowkspc/pages/108414594...>. Candidate Q&A Session This Question-and-Answer session offers ccNSO members a chance to engage with the candidate. Date and time: Tuesday, 29 April at 14:00 UTC Register now to join the meeting: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqdeusrzMsH9MV3NpepfV-3OBKM6cqAXtc Upon registering, you'll receive a confirmation email with details on joining the meeting. You will also be able to generate a calendar invite. Recordings will be posted here<https://community.icann.org/x/HBwFBQ>. Background on ccNSO Council Elections The ccNSO Council consists of 18 Councillors, representing 5 ICANN geographical regions. Each region has 3 Councillors, with 15 elected by ccNSO members within their respective regions and 3 appointed by the ICANN Nominating Committee. If a region has the same number of nominees as available seats at the nomination deadline, those nominees are elected by default, and no election will be held for that region. For all election-related materials, visit the ccNSO Council Elections page<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections.htm>. LINKS * ICANN bylaws, Article 10<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article10> * ccNSO Internal Membership Rules<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/internal-membership-rules-26oct22-en.pdf> * Archive for nominations and secondments<https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/ccnso-nominations@icann.org/> * Relevant ccNSO guideline<https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/guideline-ccnso-c...> * Timeline<https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ccNSOCWS/pages/103123967/1...> * Announcements related to Council election, including the call for nominations<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections/council.htm> Best regards. Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org>