Dear Councilors,

I have contacted you regarding the elections for the position of ccNSO council member for the Asia-Pacific region. 

Voting was supposed to start on Wednesday, 10 November (00:01 UTC), but due to a delay in the sending of the ballots, voting started a few hours later, approximately around 6 UTC on Wednesday, 10 November 2021.

Sincere apologies for the delay with the ballots, due to a mistake from my end.  Apologies have also  been sent to both candidates.  To compensate for the delayed start time, the deadline to vote will be Thursday, 25 November (23:59 UTC), instead of Wednesday, 24 November (23:59 UTC).  Voting results will become public on Friday, 26 November 2021 (latest by 23:59 UTC). 

In case there is a need for a second voting round, or in case there is a tied vote, the timeline has been adjusted as follows: Start run-off elections, if any: Monday, 29 November 2021 (00:01 UTC), with ballots being sent on Friday, 26 November. Close run-off elections, if any: Monday, 6 December 2021 (23:59 UTC)

Here is the original election timeline as approved by Council in September:

https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/timeline-nomination-election-2022-13sep21-en.pdf

The Election Report, which includes the results of the election, will be sent latest 8 December 2021 to the ccNSO Council for its consideration and adoption.  This date remains unchanged. 

All announcements related to the Council elections will become available here: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections/council.htm

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. 

Thank you.

Best regards,

Joke Braeken

ccNSO Policy Advisor

joke.braeken@icann.org