Dear Matthieu Thank you for the opportunity to make my plans and expectations regarding communication with the wider ccNSO membership more widely promulgated. Thank you also for your kind congratulations and your confidence in me). In one respect, I should probably reserve answering this until the ccNSO meeting in HYD, since you will be attending remotely and I don't wish to deprive the 'hustings' meeting of an interesting topic for discussion by giving away the answers already. On the other hand, it's a really great question, and one which deserves a considered answer, so I will answer it now. In some ways, I see the two questions as two sides of the same coin -- communication being a two way street. I take regular part in the activities of our regional organisation CENTR, and all three ccNSO Members, including myself have given (and will continue to give) two way briefings to the CENTR membership. I also will use, despite a lessening of debate traffic on it in recent years, the ccNSO Members email list. Of course, when answering the first part, I realised that for ccTLDs who are not members of the RO, aren't getting as good a two-way (or even one-way channel). So to answer my own question in that regard, I hope to reach out to non-RO, ccNSO Members directly in the coming months to establish better communicartion. In addition (although you didn't ask about this) I will also seek to find ways to reach out to non-ccNSO members in my region (whether they are members of the RO or not) and encourage them to join the ccNSO. I hope this answers most (or even all!) of your question. If you wish me to expand on it during the meeting, or have additional questions, don't hesitate! Toutes mes amitiés, Nigel

- How will you ensure you stay in touch with your region’s ccTLD expectations of the ccNSO ?

- How are you planning to inform your region’s ccTLDs of ongoing discussions or decisions from the ccNSO ?

I am happy to elaborate if anything was unclear, and thank you again for your commitment.

Best

Mathieu

*De :*cctldcommunity-bounces@cctld-managers.org [mailto:cctldcommunity-bounces@cctld-managers.org] *De la part de* Joke Braeken *Envoyé :* vendredi 21 octobre 2016 15:27 *À :* ccnso-council@icann.org; ccnso-members@icann.org; ccTLDcommunity@cctld-managers.org *Objet :* [ccTLDcommunity] call for nominations for the regular and special ccNSO Council elections closed

Dear All,

Thursday 20 October 2016 23.59 UTC the call for nominations for the regular and special ccNSO Council elections was closed,

as per the announcement located on https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29sep16-en.htm

In accordance to the applicable rules, the following candidates were nominated, seconded and have accepted their Nomination:

· *REGULAR COUNCIL ELECTION*

Africa: Souleymane Oumtanaga

Asia-Pacific: Hirofumi Hotta Europe: Nigel Roberts Latin America/Caribbean: Alejandra Reynoso

North America: Stephen Deerhake

· *SPECIAL COUNCIL ELECTION*

Africa: Abdalla Omari

All Nominations and Secondments can be found here: https://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/

At the Q&A session in Hyderabad, there will be an opportunity for the ccTLD community to interact with the candidates.

In preparation of this session, candidates are invited to share their candidate statements with the ccNSO members via the ccNSO mailing list (ccnso-members@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-members@icann.org>)

The Q&A session is scheduled on SUNDAY, 6 November, between 15:15 and 16:45 local time in Hall 5.

See agenda ccNSO Members Days: https://ccnso.icann.org/meetings/hyderabad57/agenda.htm[ccnso.icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ccnso.icann.org_meeting...>

For remote participants: https://participate.icann.org/hyd57-hall5

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>

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