Dear all, Following people were nominated and seconded to the ccNSO Council during the nomination period: African Region: Vika Mpisane, .za and Mohamed Ibrahim, .so Asia-Pacific Region: Young-Eum Lee, .kr European Region: Juhani Juselius, .fi Latin-American & Caribbean Region: Margarita Valdes, .cl North American Region: Byron Holland, .ca (please, also see archives at http://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/) All nominees have accepted their nomination. As there are two candidates for the African region, elections need to be held in this region. The elections will start on the 7th October and will end on the 21st October. Electronic ballots will be sent to the primary contacts of our African members. More information will follow closer to the start of the voting. Congratulations to all other Councillors, who will take their seat straight after the end of the San Jose’ meeting in March 2012! Kind regards, Gabi