Dear All, On the EURALO monthly call<https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/2016.08.23+EURALO+Teleconference>, held on December 20, 2016<https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/2016-12-20+EURALO+Monthly+Telecon...>, EURALO Board member Jordi Iparraguirre, notified EURALO membership of his resignation due to other activities. As agreed on the call, EURALO's Chair and Secretariat would like to announce a call for nominations to fill the Board seat vacated. This call is made in accordance with the EURALO Articles of Association<https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/Articles+of+Association> and Selection and performance criteria for EURALO Board members 2015<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/53777046/Performance-criter...>. Please note: For this Board replacement round several candidates may be nominated but only one position is vacant. Since this is for ONE seat, ALSes will have ONE vote only! As we have a limit of 1 Board member per country, citizens of Finland, Austria, Germany and France are not eligible for nomination. For further rules and info see: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/pipermail/euro-discuss/2015-November/004161.h... The current EURALO Board term is 2 years from 9 December 2015 until 9 December 2017. The new member will serve for the remaining timeframe (from time of election 13 January 2017 until 9 December 2017), in alignment with the current EURALO Board member terms. Kindly note the EURALO Board should be balanced but EURALO has not reached a consensus on having direct absolute criteria for geographical (East/Western Europe) or Gender criteria. As geographical and gender balance are important in our region, I ask you to consider these issues when making your selection. Please submit your nominations and self-nominations until 6 January at 23:59 UTC by sending an email to the EURALO mailing list and coping At - Large staff staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> . All candidates who accept their nominations by the deadline above must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI). To read the Expression of Interest Statements from sitting Board members please visit: https://community.icann.org/x/arBYAw. The online vote will start on 9 January 2016 at 23:59 UTC- 13 January 2016 at 23:59 UTC At-Large Staff will note the nominations in the following Wiki: EURALO Board member (replacement) Election 2016-2017<https://community.icann.org/display/EURALO/EURALO+Board+member+%28replacemen...>. Thank you! Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew and Yeşim Nazlar ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community E-mail: staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Website: atlarge.icann.org<https://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [unknown.png]