ccNSO Council 2025 Elections: Candidate List and Upcoming Steps The nomination period for the 2025 ccNSO Council elections closed on 22 October 2024 at 23:59 UTC. The following candidates have been nominated, seconded, and accepted their nominations in line with the established rules and timeline: * Africa: Biyi Oladipo (.ng) * Asia/Australia/Pacific: Jordan Carter (.au), Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy (.vn) * Europe: Nicklas Pousette (.se) * Latin America/Caribbean: Everton Teles Rodrigues (.br), Diego Ernesto Luna Quevedo (.co) * North America: Pablo Rodriguez (.pr) To view the nomination archives, click here. Candidate statements, if provided, are attached. Candidate Q&A Session Date: Wednesday, 13 November 2024 Time: 13:15-14:30 local (10:15-11:30 UTC) Location: ICANN81 This Question-and-Answer session offers ccNSO members a chance to engage with the candidates before the election. Barrack Otieno (AFTLD) will moderate the session. Background on ccNSO Council Elections The ccNSO Council consists of 18 Councillors, representing 5 ICANN geographical regions. Each region has 3 Councillors, with 15 elected by ccNSO members within their respective regions and 3 appointed by the ICANN Nominating Committee. * If a region has the same number of nominees as available seats at the nomination deadline, those nominees are elected by default, and no election will be held for that region. * Regions without elections: Africa, Europe, North America. * Regions with elections: Asia/Australia/Pacific and Latin America/Caribbean. Election Timeline for Regions requiring Elections * Start: Wednesday, 27 November 2024, 00:01 UTC * End: Wednesday, 18 December 2024, 23:59 UTC Ballots will be emailed to the ccNSO emissaries before voting begins. The election process concludes seven days after the ccNSO Council publishes the Election Report. New Council terms will commence at the end of ICANN82 in March 2025. For all election-related materials, visit the ccNSO Council Elections page<https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/elections.htm>. Joke Braeken joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Read more about the ccNSO at ICANN81: https://community.icann.org/x/IgDyF