Dear all, This is just a reminder about the ongoing nominations to the ccNSO Council 2013. The last day to nominate or second your candidate, is 1 October 2012. Please, see below for further details. Kind regards, Gabi From: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org<mailto:gabriella.schittek@icann.org>> Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012 8:51 AM To: "ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>" <ccnso-members@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>> Cc: ccNSO Council <ccnso-council@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> Subject: [ccnso-council] Call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council 2013 Dear ccNSO Members, At the ICANN meeting in Beijing, 7-11 April 2013, one ccNSO Councillor from each region is stepping down: Africa— Paulos Nyirenda, .mw Asia/Australia/Pacific— Keith Davidson, .nz Europe— Lesley Cowley, .uk Latin America/Caribbean— Rolando Toledo, .pe North America— Fernando Espana, .us Below you will find all details of the procedure for nominations and for seconding nominations. Nominations can be made from the 10 September 2012, 00.00 UTC until 1 October 2012, 00.00 UTC. Nominations can only be made via ccnso-nominations@icann.org<applewebdata://644A50D4-576B-4667-86AC-9E90A0FE74DE/ccnso-nominations@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://www.ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-10sep12-en.h... You can see who has been nominated at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations Kind regards, Gabi === Nomination of Candidates: Open: 10 September 2012 at 00:00 UTC Close: 1 October 2012 at 00:00 UTC 1. One Candidate per "Geographic Region": Africa; Asia Pacific; Europe; Latin America/Caribbean Islands and North America shall be elected to the ccNSO Council 2. Call for Nominations The ICANN Bylaws Section 4 (Membership), paragraph 8 state: "Any ccNSO member may nominate an individual to serve as a ccNSO Council member representing the ccNSO member's Geographic Region. Nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member from the same Geographic Region." Each member can nominate one candidate for election to the ccNSO Council and each member can second one candidate. Candidates do not need to be resident in the region or a citizen of a country within the region in which they stand for election. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a member must have been a member of the ccNSO by 10 September 2012. Nominations or Seconds should be sent by e-mail to the Nominations Manager at the following e-mail address: ccnso-nominations@icann.org<applewebdata://644A50D4-576B-4667-86AC-9E90A0FE74DE/ccnso-nominations@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-nominations@icann.org<applewebdata://644A50D4-576B-4667-86AC-9E90A0FE74DE/ccnso-nominations@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-nominations/. Please use this template for nominations: Template for Nomination: 1 Region for which nomination is being made: 2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 3a. Full name of the nominator: 3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator 3c. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region. Please use this template for seconding nominations: Template for Seconding a Nomination: 1. Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Nominations Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/. The Nominations Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees. In the event that a region has more than 1 nominee, an election in that region will be called.