Dear ccNSO Members, Today, we would like to inform you of the start of the nomination period, on 29 September 2016, of the regular and special council elections. Below you will find all procedural details, which are available here as well: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29sep16-en.htm · REGULAR COUNCIL ELECTIONS In March 2017, at ICANN58 in Copenhagen (11 and 16 March 2017), the 3-year term of the following ccNSO Councillors ends: Africa: Souleymane Oumtanaga Asia-Pacific: Hirofumi Hotta Europe: Nigel Roberts Latin America/Caribbean: Alejandra Reynoso North America: Stephen Deerhake · SPECIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 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. The ccNSO Council has discussed and approved the timeline for both the regular and special Council election at its 1 September meeting. The nomination and secondment procedure starts at Thursday 29 September 2015, 00.00 UTC and closes on Thursday 20 October 2015, 23.59 UTC. After the candidates have formally accepted their nomination the community has an opportunity to interact with candidates at the face-to-face meetings, in Hyderabad that is. (ICANN57 - November 2016) Applicable Guideline: Election Council Members (https://ccnso.icann.org/about/guidelines-ccnso-council-election-procedure-08...) PROCEDURE FOR NOMINATIONS AND SECONDING NOMINATIONS The first step of the election process is the nomination, and secondment of the nominations, of candidates. Below you will find all procedural details, which are available here as well: https://ccnso.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29sep16-en.htm The Nomination and Secondment procedure starts at Thursday 29 September 2015, 00.00 UTC and closes on Thursday 20 October 2015, 23.59 UTC. In order to nominate or second a candidate, a ccNSO member must be a member of the ccNSO by 29 September 2016. Nominations should be sent by e-mail to the Election Manager using the included template. Please send your email to: ccnso-nominations@icann.org<applewebdata://644A50D4-576B-4667-86AC-9E90A0FE74DE/ccnso-nominations@icann.org> PLEASE NOTE: If you send your Nomination or Secondment, you will receive an email asking you to confirm that you have sent an email to ccnso-nominations@icann.org<applewebdata://644A50D4-576B-4667-86AC-9E90A0FE74DE/ccnso-nominations@icann.org>. In order to ensure that your Nomination or Secondment is valid, you need to respond to that email. The names of the nominees will be made public at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations, as soon as a candidate has accepted the nomination. ====== Additional instructions, only for the ccNSO Members in the African region: When nominating a candidate for the regular Council election (position starting in March 2017), please include “(Regular Election)” after the nominee’s name. When nominating a candidate for the special Council election (position ending in March 2018), please include “(Special Election)” after the nominee’s name. When seconding a candidate for the regular Council election (position starting in March 2017), please include “(Regular Election)” after the nominee’s name. When seconding a candidate for the special Council election (position ending in March 2018), please include “(Special Election)” after the nominee’s name. ======= Templates for nominating and seconding nominations are provided below. Please use these templates. Template for Nominations 1 Region for which nomination is being made: 2a. Full name of the candidate being nominated: 2b. E-mail address of the candidate being nominated: 3a. Full name of the nominator: 3b. ccTLD and region of the nominator 3c. E-mail address of the nominator: All nominations must be seconded by another ccNSO member in the same region. Template for Seconding a Nomination 1. Full name of nominator whose candidate is being seconded: 2. Full name of the candidate being seconded: 3a. Full name of the seconder: 3b. ccTLD and region of the seconder 3c. E-mail address of the seconder: Accepting Nominations The Election Manager will confirm the nomination, by sending an e-mail to the candidate requesting their acceptance. Nominations will be archived at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/. The Election Manager shall confirm the list of the Nominees. In the event that a region has more than 1 nominee per open position, an election in that region will be called. Do not hesitate to contact me, if you have questions or concerns. 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