Dear All, This is to inform you that on Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 23.59 UTC, the call for nominations to fill 5 seats in the ccNSO Council FY18 was closed. In accordance to the applicable rules, the following candidates (1 per region) were nominated, seconded and have accepted their nomination: * Africa: Abdalla Omari (.ke) * Asia-Pacific: Young-Eum Lee (.kr) * Europe: Katrina Sataki (.lv) * Latin America/Caribbean: Margarita Valdes (.cl) * North America: Byron Holland (.ca) At the Q&A session - held during the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN60 in Abu Dhabi - there will be an opportunity for the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community to interact with the candidates. The session chair is Debbie Monahan (.nz). The Q&A session with the candidates for the ccNSO council is scheduled for day 2 of the ccNSO Members Meeting, on Wednesday 1 November, between 14:30 - 15:00 local time in Hall A, Sec. A. LINKS: * Announcement call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25sep17-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... * Agenda ccNSO Members Meeting: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=69275074[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_pages_viewpage.action-3FpageId-3D69275074&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=1LH7hl0njl-2qon2yOg62FLYooppkxDZk0liRfX3CyY&s=AXxUTArGKX-1gkaKiGaUoAwBevttK5MCEsanhTtK1OY&e=> * Remote participation details (including for all other ccNSO related sessions): https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ICANN+60+-+Abu+Dhabi+2017[community.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__community.icann.org_display_ccnsowkspc_ICANN-2B60-2B-2D-2BAbu-2BDhabi-2B2017&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=1LH7hl0njl-2qon2yOg62FLYooppkxDZk0liRfX3CyY&s=5Qq2SbdCXNtv6SiDUUdgKVmvwnuycuBN8rJpnnFcz7M&e=> Do not hesitate to contact me should you have questions. Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO[twitter.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ccNSO&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=1LH7hl0njl-2qon2yOg62FLYooppkxDZk0liRfX3CyY&s=rAXuBhTrbzZvQb6WccPz8Hwr3Hio8zGG0eSTkYSRVWA&e=> Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/[facebook.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.facebook.com_ccnso_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=1LH7hl0njl-2qon2yOg62FLYooppkxDZk0liRfX3CyY&s=yp60FTZbt5Hcb25dxYZkr2QRKSqh8puKVGt2XD2tW_g&e=> http://ccnso.icann.org[ccnso.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ccnso.icann.org&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=HyTT2ymvadmiQcmo6B088sWOukGjEbibHJ64u5rMiME&m=1LH7hl0njl-2qon2yOg62FLYooppkxDZk0liRfX3CyY&s=vfeHMoTkhtogd5-BNTWTxDJHJd-Xk8yKlAJuabK5TD4&e=>