Dear ccNSO members, On Monday, 14 October at 00.00 UTC the period for nominations to the ccNSO Council AND ICANN Board seat 11 are opening. Instructions on how to nominate or second a candidate to the ccNSO Council are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/about/elections/call-for-nominations-14oct13-en.htm Instructions on how to nominate or second a candidate to the ICANN Board are available at: http://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-14oct13-en.htm The Councillors whose terms expire in March 2014 are: Africa: Souleymane Oumtanaga, .ci Asia-Pacific: Hirofumi Hotta, .jp Europe: Roelof Meijer, .nl Latin America: Victor Abboud, .ec North America: Dotty Sparks de Blanc, .vi These Councillors are eligible to re-stand for their positions, if they wish. You can read more about each Councillor at http://ccnso.icann.org/council-members.htm Chris Disspain's term on the ICANN Board is expiring at the ICANN Annual General Meeting (October) 2014. He is also eligible to re-stand for the same position, if he so wishes. You can read more about Chris at http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/disspain.htm The nomination period is ending on 4 November 2013 at 00.00 UTC. A Q&A session with all nominees is foreseen to take place at the ccNSO meeting in Buenos Aires. Kind regards, Gabi