Dear all, The nominations to the ccNSO Council closed last Friday, 2nd October 2009. The nomination report is available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/election-report-08oct09-en.pdf As there were no more nominees than available positions, no elections will need to be held. All the nominees have accepted their appointments, therefore the new appointees are: African Region: Paulos Nyirenda, .mw Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: Chris Disspain, .au European Region: Lesley Cowley, .uk Latin American/Caribbean Region: Rolando Toledo, .pe North American Region: Keith Drazek, .us A big thank you to Oscar Robles, .mx who decided to step down after having served on the Council since its very beginning in 2004. Welcome to Rolando Toledo, .pe who is taking his seat for the Latin American/Caribbean region. A thank you also to Oscar Moreno, .pr, who served on the Council for the North American Region since 2007 and welcome back to Keith Drazek, .us, who left the Council last year, but is now returning. The new Council will take its seat at the end of the ccNSO Council Meeting in Nairobi on the 10th March 2010. Kind regards, Gabi