Dear Empowered Community Administration representatives, You may have seen the notifications from the NomCom as to their appointments for Board seats 4, 5, and 6. Under the ICANN Bylaws, Section 7.8(c), “At least two months before the commencement of each annual meeting, the Nominating Committee shall give the EC Administration (with a copy to the Decisional Participants and Secretary) 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.” Accordingly, the ECA support staff has prepared the attached draft designation letters for your review and consideration. Please respond to this list if you have any objections, concerns or changes; otherwise, staff will be happy to forward the notices on your behalf. Best regards, Ozan Sahin (on behalf of the staff supporting Empowered Community Administration) From: ECAdmin <ecadmin-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of NomCom Operations Team via ECAdmin <ECAdmin@icann.org> Reply-To: NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org> Date: 12 August 2022 Friday 00:08 To: "ECAdmin@icann.org" <ECAdmin@icann.org> Cc: "mchaelgraham@gmail.com" <mchaelgraham@gmail.com>, "chair@nro.net" <chair@nro.net>, Amy Stathos <amy.stathos@icann.org>, NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org>, Teresa Elias <teresa.elias@icann.org> Subject: [ECAdmin] ICANN 2022 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors & PTI Board of Directors Dear Empowered Community Administration, Due diligence has been completed on all 2022 Nominating Committee selected nominees. As per ICANN Bylaws, Article 7 Board of Directors, Section 7.8 (a)(i), it is my pleasure to inform you of the 2022 Nominating Committee selected nominees for the three ICANN Director positions and one PTI Board of Director position. Please keep the appointments confidential until the publication of the announcement. The 2022 NomCom selected nominees to ICANN’s Board of Directors are: ICANN Board of Directors: 1. Maarten Botterman (Region: EUR) – Seat #4 2. Christopher Chapman (Region: AP) – Seat #5 3. Sajidur Rahman (Region: AP) – Seat #6 The 2022 NomCom selected nominee to PTI Board of Directors is: PTI Board of Director: 1. Tobias Sattler (Region: EUR) Best regards, Michael R. Graham Chair, 2022 Nominating Committee