Dear all,

This is to inform you about the outcome of the Council Selection Process for the Root Server System Governance Working Group (RSS GWG), which closed Monday, 23 December 2019 (23:59 UTC).

The 6 candidates, in alphabetical order: 

Akçam, Abdullah Cemil (.tr) | ACA

Akinsanya, Adesola (.ng) | AA

Constant, Jean Nahum (.ht) | JNC

Espinoza, Luis Diego (.na) | LDE

Janssen, Peter (.eu) | JP

Kecic, Zarko (.rs) | ZK

In the table below (see also PDF in attachment), you will be able to find an overview of the ballot numbers, their date of receipt and the order of preference as listed by the individual council members. 11 councillors submitted their preference before the 23 December (23:59 UTC) deadline. Hiro Hotta abstained.

BALLOT NUMBER	RECEIVED ON	Akçam, Abdullah Cemil (.tr) | ACA	Akinsanya, Adesola (.ng) | AA	Constant, Jean Nahum (.ht) | JNC	Espinoza, Luis Diego (.na) | LDE	Janssen, Peter (.eu) | JP	Kecic, Zarko (.rs) | ZK
1	17 Dec	2	3	5	6	4	1
2	17 Dec	1	2	3	5	4	6
3	17 Dec	1	3	2	4	6	5
4	18 Dec	1	2	3	4	6	5
5	20 Dec	3	5	2	4	6	1
6	21 Dec	0	3	4	0	6	5
7	23 Dec	3	2	1	4	6	5
8	23 Dec	5	4	1	2	6	3
9	23 Dec	1	5	6	4	3	2
10	23 Dec	0	3	0	6	5	4
11	23 Dec	1	2	3	4	6	5
	SUM	18	34	30	43	58	42

The ccNSO needs to appoint 2 members to the RSS GWG. The 2 candidates with the most supportive votes:

• Peter Janssen (.eu)
• Luis Diego Espinoza (.na)

Next steps

The 2 candidates receiving most supportive votes, are selected. The ccNSO Secretariat will inform relevant ICANN staff of the selection of the candidates, ahead of the 8 January 2020 deadline.

Background

• Announcement call for volunteers: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-26nov19-en.htm
• The GWG charter, operating procedures, and work plan as well as relevant resources are published on its workspace.
• ICANN Board resolution to initiate the RSS GWG: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2019-11-07-en#2.d

At closure of the application window, 6 applications were received. After receipt of the applications, the application material documents were transmitted to the ccNSO Councillors. The Councillors selected and listed the candidates in order of preference and mailed them to the ccNSO Secretariat mailing list. The selection procedure closed on 23 December 2019 (23:59 UTC).

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor 

joke.braeken@icann.org

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