Dear All, Please find below an update and information on the next steps regarding the ccNSO Council Election FY2018, and the Board Seat 12 nomination procedure. ccNSO Council Election FY2018 In accordance to the applicable rules, the following candidates were nominated, seconded and have accepted their Nomination for the council election: Africa: Abdalla Omari Asia-Pacific: Young-Eum Lee Europe: Katrina Sataki Latin America/Caribbean: Margarita Valdes North America: Byron Holland As per region only one candidate was nominated and seconded within the nomination period, no elections needed to be held. All nominated and seconded candidates accepted their nomination. Next Steps The elected Councillors will take their seat at the end of the ICANN61 face-to-face Council meeting. The report by the Election Manager regarding the 2018 Council Election has been submitted for discussion and adoption for the upcoming ccNSO Council Meeting scheduled for 7 December<https://community.icann.org/display/ccNSOCWS/7+December+2017>. The Council Election process 2017 will formally close 7 days after adoption and publication of this report. Links * Announcement call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25sep17-en.htm * Announcement closure call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcement-27oct17-en.htm * Nominations and secondments archive: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-nominations/ * Timeline: https://community.icann.org/display/ccNSOCWS/24+August+2017?preview=/6927471... * Applicable ccNSO guideline: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/filefield_25675/guidelines-ccnso... Board Seat 12 nomination procedure The election closed on 30 November 2017 (23:59 UTC). According to the approved timeline, the results were to be announced by the Nomination Manager on 4 December 2017. However, since the results of the members vote on the candidates to the ICANN Board of Directors were circulating already on Friday 1 December 2017, the chair to the ccNSO council consulted with the Nomination Manager, and sent an e-mail to the community on 1 December 2017, to ensure that everybody is aware of the results of the members’ vote and the next steps. Election Results Out of 162 members of the ccNSO, 94 members (58%) casted their votes: Pierre Ouedraogo received 29 votes, Nigel Roberts received 60 votes, and 5 members voted without selecting any of the candidates. Next Steps The ccNSO has entered into voluntary internal arrangement that the ccNSO members shall propose and elect candidates for the ICANN Board seats 11 and 12. The next step is that the ccNSO Council formally needs to nominate the candidate, as per Section 10.3 (i) of the ICANN Bylaws. A Nomination Report, prepared by the Nomination Manager, will be discussed at the ccNSO Council meeting on 7 December<https://community.icann.org/display/ccNSOCWS/7+December+2017>. Links * Announcement opening call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19sep17-en.htm * Announcement closure call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcement-20oct17-en.htm * Nominations and secondments archive: http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-boardnominations/ * Timeline: https://community.icann.org/display/ccNSOCWS/24+August+2017?preview=/6927471... * Applicable ccNSO guideline: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/2016-12/c... * Recordings Q&A session, ccNSO Members meeting ICANN60, Abu Dhabi: * Audio http://audio.icann.org/meetings/abu60/abu60-OPEN-2017-11-01-T0416-hallaa-3T2... * Audio (continued) http://audio.icann.org/meetings/abu60/abu60-OPEN-2017-11-01-T1022-hallaa-F8Y... * Adobe Connect https://participate.icann.org/p1afp4snnu3/ * Adobe Connect (continued) https://participate.icann.org/p3stqimao8v/ * Candidate Statement: OUEDRAGO Pierre<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/ouedraogo-statement-24nov17-en.pdf> * Candidate Statement: ROBERTS Nigel<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/roberts-statement-24nov17-en.pdf> Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org