Dear all, Please see below the communication from the Contracted Party House Chairs regarding the nomination of Becky Burr to serve an additional term in Board Seat 13, which will take effect at the Annual General Meeting during ICANN75. The acknowledgement of the appointment will be on the March 2022 GNSO Council Consent Agenda. Kind regards, Nathalie From: "Demetriou, Samantha" <sdemetriou@verisign.com> Date: Thursday, 10 February 2022 at 16:24 To: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org>, Ashley Heineman <aheineman@godaddy.com> Cc: "secretariat@rysg.info" <secretariat@rysg.info>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, "secretariat@icannregistrars.org" <secretariat@icannregistrars.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> Subject: [Ext] Re: Reminder: Board Seat 13 timeline Hi Nathalie and all, I’m writing to confirm that both the RySG and RrSG have completed our respective processes for identifying the candidate for Board Seat 13. We are pleased to nominate Becky Burr to serve an additional term in this seat. Please let Ashley or me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Sam -- Samantha Demetriou RySG Chair From: Nathalie Peregrine <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org> Date: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 5:16 AM To: Ashley Heineman <aheineman@godaddy.com>, Samantha Demetriou <sdemetriou@verisign.com> Cc: Sue Schuler <secretariat@rysg.info>, "gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org>, Zoe Bonython <secretariat@icannregistrars.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Reminder: Board Seat 13 timeline Dear Contracted Party House Chairs, As per the ICANN Bylaws[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resources...>, Section 7.8.d. “At least six months before the date specified for the commencement of the term as specified in Section 7.8(a)(iv) through Section 7.8(a)(vi) above, any Supporting Organization or the At-Large Community entitled to nominate a Director for a Seat with a term beginning that year shall give the EC Administration (with a copy to the Secretary and the Decisional Participants) written notice of its nomination of Directors for seats with terms beginning at the conclusion of the annual meeting, and the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary (with a copy to the Decisional Participants) with written notice of the designation of those Directors. All such notices shall be posted promptly to the Website.” With that in mind, staff has prepared a tentative timeline below in accordance with the GNSO Operating Procedures 2.4.2. Please note this has been produced taking into account maximum duration possible for each time slot. Election results need therefore to be communicated before the 9th March 2021 GNSO Council meeting at the very latest as this is the last opportunity for Council to vote its approval before the final deadline for notification to the Empowered Community Administration. Board seat 13 timeline Deadline: Not Later Than: Activity Commences: Maximum Duration: 22 November 2021 T – 4 Months Call for Nominations 1 Month 22 December 2021 T – 3 Months Candidate Interviews 2 Weeks 11 January 2022 T – 10 Weeks First Round of Voting 2 Weeks 25 January 2022 T – 8 Weeks Second Round of Voting (if needed) 2 Weeks 8 February 2022 T – 6 Weeks Third Round of Voting (if needed) 2 Weeks 22 February 2022 T – 4 Weeks GNSO Secretariat Reports Election Results 3 Days 9 March 2022 Next Council Meeting Confirmation of Election 3 Days 22 March 2022 T GNSO Chair Notifies Empowered Community Administration with a copy to the Secretary of the election results as prescribed by Section 7.25 of the ICANN Bylaw s. [secure-web.cisco.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/secure-web.cisco.com/1Ch4tj7GtBrYfEhgz0dH...> 3 Days (d) At least six months before the date specified for the commencement of the term as specified in Section 7.8(a)(iv) through Section 7.8(a)(vi) above, any Supporting Organization or the At-Large Community entitled to nominate a Director for a Seat with a term beginning that year shall give the EC Administration (with a copy to the Secretary and the Decisional Participants) written notice of its nomination of Directors for seats with terms beginning at the conclusion of the annual meeting, and the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary (with a copy to the Decisional Participants) with written notice of the designation of those Directors. Kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__learn.icann.org_&d=DwMG...> Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_ICANN-5FGNS...> Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__gnso.icann.org_en_group...> See All SO and AC events on the ICANN Global calendar [features.icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__features.icann.org_cale...>