Dear ccNSO members from the Asia-Pacific region,
This is to inform you about the elections for the position of ccNSO council member - Asia-Pacific region, starting on
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 (00:01 UTC) - and closing on Tuesday, 3 December 2019 (23:59 UTC).
In accordance with the applicable rules, two candidates from the Asia-Pacific region were nominated, seconded and have accepted their nomination. Consequently, an election
will be held among the ccNSO members of the Asia-Pacific Region according to the timeline previously agreed upon by the ccNSO Council. Only ccNSO members from a Geographic Region are allowed to vote for candidates to the ccNSO Council from that Geographic
Region.
Candidates
In alphabetical order, by last name:
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The two candidates were invited to submit candidate statements to the ccNSO members. They interacted with the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community at a Q&A session,
held during the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN66 in Montreal.
Election opening and closing
Voting starts on
Tuesday, 19 November 2019 (00:01 UTC), and closes on Tuesday, 3 December 2019 (23:59 UTC).
Election procedure
The vote will be by confidential email. The winner is the candidate who receives more votes. A majority of all ccNSO members in the Geographic Region entitled to vote shall
constitute a quorum, and the selected candidate must receive the votes of a majority of those cast by ccNSO members within the Geographic Region.
Voting ballots will be sent by
tally@icann.org
to the e-mail address of the primary contact of each ccNSO Member belonging to the Asia-Pacific region, as listed in the ccNSO Members database.
As per the relevant ccNSO guideline,
new ccNSO members are able to participate in the process if the ccNSO membership application has been approved by the ccNSO Council one day prior the nomination process starts, i.e. latest on 23 September 2019. Contact Joke Braeken (joke.braeken@icann.org)
if you have questions or concerns regarding the email address of the primary contact for your ccTLD.
Since the election is for one seat, each Asia-Pacific region ccNSO member will be entitled to vote for up to one candidate.
Please note:
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Voting ballots will be sent by the e-mail address
tally@icann.org, to the e-mail address of the primary contact of each Asia-Pacific region ccNSO Member, as listed in the ccNSO Members database. If you are unable
to locate the ballot, consider checking your spam folder.
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Contact Joke Braeken (joke.braeken@icann.org) if you have questions or concerns regarding the email address of the primary contact
for your ccTLD.
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For each ballot, a maximum of 1 candidate can be selected
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There is a possibility to submit your ballot without selecting any of the candidates
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Each primary contact will receive 1 ballot only. You can vote an unlimited number of times, but only the last vote submitted will be counted.
Next Steps
The election closes on
Tuesday, 3 December 2019 (23:59 UTC). The Election Manager will announce the voting results on Wednesday, 4 December 2019. If there is a tied vote, a runoff election will be held, according to the following timeline:
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Start run-off elections, if any: Fri, 6 December 2019 (00:01 UTC)
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Close run-off elections, if any: Fri, 13 December 2019 (23:59 UTC)
The Election Report, which includes the results of the election, will be sent latest 17 December 2019 to the ccNSO Council for adoption. The Chair of the ccNSO Council
shall inform the ICANN Secretary of the selection.
Links
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Candidate statement by
Atsushi Endo
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Candidate statement by
Ai-Chin Lu
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Start nominations and secondments:
Consult here the
announcement for details on the requirements for candidates, the acceptance of nominations, and next steps
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Consult the announcement regarding the closure of the call for nominations
here.
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Announcement candidate list
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Archive for nominations and secondments
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Relevant ccNSO guideline
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Timeline
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Recordings Q&A session, ccNSO Members meeting ICANN66, Montreal:
https://66.schedule.icann.org/meetings/1116879
Best regards,
Joke Braeken
ccNSO Policy Advisor
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