Dear ccNSO members, Mike Silber's term on the ICANN Board Seat 12 will expire at the ICANN Annual General Meeting 2015. The ccNSO is now opening a call for nominations to fill ICANN Board seat number 12. Below you will find all details of the procedure for nominations and for seconding nominations. Nominations can be made from the 12 September 2014, 00.00 UTC until 3 October 2014, 23.59 UTC. Nominations can only be submitted at ccnso-boardnominations@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/announcements/announcement-12sep14-en.htm The names of the nominees will be made public at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations The nomination process is outlined below and is also available at http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-12sep14-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi Call for Nominations for a Director to the Board of ICANN Date: 12 September 2014 The term of the ICANN Board seat number 12 expires at the ICANN AGM 2015 and a nomination process therefore needs to be launched. Should there be more than one candidate nominated for seat number 12, an election will be held. Bylaw Article IX section 3.9 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#IX> states: "The ccNSO Council shall make selections to fill Seats 11 and 12 on the Board by written ballot or by action at a meeting; any such selection must have affirmative votes of a majority of all the members of the ccNSO Council then in office. Notification of the ccNSO Council's selections shall be given by the ccNSO Council Chair in writing to the ICANN Secretary, consistent with Article VI, Sections 8(4) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-8.4> and 12(1) <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-12.1> ." The ccNSO Council and the ccNSO members have decided that before making the nomination of Directors, the ccNSO members shall be entitled to nominate and vote for candidates they wish the Council to nominate to the ICANN Board. Section 2(3) of Article VI of the Bylaws states "In carrying out their responsibilities to fill Seats 9 through 14, the Supporting Organizations shall seek to ensure that the ICANN Board is composed of members that in the aggregate display diversity in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective, by applying the criteria set forth in Section 3 <http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-3> of this Article. At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens of the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region." Pursuant to this Bylaw, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes from ccNSO members will be nominated by the Council to the ICANN Board. Each member can nominate one candidate for seat 12 on the ICANN Board and each member can second one candidate. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must be a member of the ccNSO by 12 September 2014. Nominations can be made from the 12 September 2014, 00.00 UTC until 3 October 2014, 23.59 UTC. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-boardnominations@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-boardnominations@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-boardnominations Please use this template for nominations: Template for Nomination: 1a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 1b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 1c. Country of which the candidate is a citizen. 2a. Full name of the nominator: 2b. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for Seconding a Nomination: 1 Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2a. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Election Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. The candidate will then have a chance to submit their CV and/or a mission statement. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations