Dearall,

As discussed on last Council call, please find included thedraft resolution for adoption on the change of the voting dates toselect the nominee for Board Seat 11.

If you have any questions, comments etc. , please send youremail to the list by  7 February 2020. Once adopted theresolution will also be included in the Nominationreport.

Thank you and kind regards,

Bart

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Draft Resolution

Background 

In accordance with the Guideline ccNSO Nominations BoardSeat 11 and 12 ( https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-nominations-icann-board-guideline-22aug19-en.pdf[ccnso.icann.org] ), the ccNSO Council appointedthe Nomination Manager and adopted the timeline for the Board Seat11 Nomination process at its 22 August 2019 meeting. As part of theNomination process, and according to the adopted timeline the ccNSOmembers were invited to vote on their preferred candidatefrom Tuesday, 14 January2020 (00:01 UTC)until  Friday, 31January 2020 (23:59 UTC).A few hours after the voting process was opened, the NominationManager noted the ballot circulated to the members did not allow tovote on one of the three candidates. After this was determined, theelection process was closed, the Nomination Manager informed theccNSO Council and ccNSO community, announced a new round of votingand send new ballots to the relevant representatives  of theccNSO members. This new round run from 15 January 2020, 00.01 UTCuntil 31 January 2020 (23.59 UTC).

Decision

The ccNSO Council confirms the adjusted timeline of thenomination process. The ccNSO Council believes that the adjustedtimeline is well within the margins for the duration of the votingperiod (between two( 2) and three (3) weeks) as required under therelevant Guideline, and given the issue at was within the power ofthe Nomination Manager to resolve.