Dear ccNSO Members, In September 2016, two calls for Nominations/Secondments were launched. This e-mail is as a reminder that nominations and secondments are due this week. Deadline nominations ICANN Board Seat 11: tomorrow, Tuesday 18 October 2016, 23.59 UTC Deadline nominations regular and special ccNSO council elections: Thursday, 20 October 2015, 23.59 UTC Please find a comprehensive overview here (https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/nominations-secondments-05oct16-en.pdf ), including - but not limited to - instructions on where and how to send nominations and secondments, verify who has been nominated, and find out who can be nominated. !! PLEASE NOTE !! If you send your Nomination or Secondment, you will receive an automated email from ICANN, asking you to confirm that you have indeed sent an email to ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-boardnominations@icann.org> or ccnso-nominations@icann.org<mailto:ccnso-nominations@icann.org> . In order to ensure that your Nomination or Secondment is valid and archived, you need to follow the instructions contained in that email, and click on the link to confirm. 1. regular and special ccNSO council elections START: Thursday, 29 September 2015, 00.00 UTC END: Thursday, 20 October 2015, 23.59 UTC In March 2017, at ICANN58 in Copenhagen (11 and 16 March 2017), the 3-year term of 5 ccNSO Councillors, one from each region, ends. Africa: Souleymane Oumtanaga | Asia-Pacific: Hirofumi Hotta | Europe: Nigel Roberts | Latin America/Caribbean: Alejandra Reynoso | North America: Stephen Deerhake. Mr. Vika Mpisane has stepped down from the ccNSO Council in July 2016. Therefore, and to fill this vacancy, the members in the African Region will need to elect two candidates: one for the regular council election, and one for the special council election. The person elected for the special council election will take the seat on the council immediately after being elected, and until March 2018. Nominations and Secondments can be consulted here: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/ All procedural details can be found in the original announcement here: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29sep16-en.htm and in the comprehensive overview here: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/nominations-secondments-05oct16-en.pdf 2. ICANN Board Seat 11 START: Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 00.00 UTC END: Tuesday, 18 October 2016, 23.59 UTC Chris Disspain’s second term on the ICANN Board Seat 11 will expire at the ICANN Annual General Meeting 2017. According to the Bylaws (current and new) an ICANN Board member is eligible to serve three (3) terms. The ccNSO is now opening a call for nominations to fill ICANN Board seat number 11. Nominations and Secondments can be consulted here: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-boardnominations All procedural details can be found in the original announcement here: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27sep16-en.htm and in the comprehensive overview here: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/nominations-secondments-05oct16-en.pdf 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 Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org