Dear Members of the Asia-Pacific Region (apologies to whom this message does not apply), As Chris is resigning from his position on the ccNSO Council on the 18 March 2011, a replacement needs to be found. We are therefore launching a Call for Nominations to the ccNSO Council for the Asia-Pacific Region, starting on 16 February 2011 at 00.00 UTC, ending on 2 March 2011 at 00.00 UTC. See below for further information and instructions. This call is also posted at http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-16feb11-en.htm Kind regards, Gabi ============== Nomination of Candidates: Open: 16 February 2011 at 00:00 UTC Close: 2 March 2011 at 00:00 UTC 1. Chris Disspain will resign from his position on the ccNSO Council for the Asia-Pacific region on the 18 March 2011. Therefore, another ccNSO councillor for the Asia-Pacific region needs to elected to fill the term (until March 2013). 2. Call for nominations The 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 from the Asia-Pacific Region can nominate one candidate for election to the ccNSO council and each member from the Asia-Pacific Region 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 15 February 2011. Nominations or Seconds should be sent by e-mail to the Nominations Manager at the following e-mail address: 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. 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 there is more than 1 nominee, an election will be called.