2018 Official NPOC Election Notification Dear NPOC Members, NPOC is notifying its members of the 2018 Election for the Executive Committee representation. Please find the procedures below. Procedures for the NPOC Elections can be found in the Charter, Section 8.0. Please see timeline below. Step 1: Eligibility to vote Please take a moment to update your information. Only those members who update their organization’s information is eligible to receive a ballot to vote. Please send an email to maryam.bakoshi@icann.org, confirming • Name of Designated Member; • Organization; and • Email address Step 2: Nominations process opens You can self-nominate or nominate someone starting on April 30th, 2018 through to May 26th, 2018. Candidates must respond to the NPOC discuss mailing list with the following: •Name: •Affiliation: •Position applied for: •Why you are running for the position?: •Do you have any conflict(s) of interest?: •How many hours per week you are able to dedicate to the position: •Are you involved in any working Groups or PDP efforts, if so please state: Step 3: Statement of Interest (SOI) All nominees are expected to submit a brief statement explaining why they believe they are a suitable candidate and also must complete or update their Statement of Interest Timeline Particulars Start End Responsibility Notice of elections: – April 16th Eligibility begins: – April 16th to April 30th EC Nominations process begins May 1st to May 30th EC EC formal acceptance of candidates June 1st June 3rd EC Voting begins June 4th Elections results announced on July 5th. If you have any questions about this posting or the elections, please contact the NPOC Executive Committee at npoc@npoc.org. Notice of NPOC nomination for election process. All current ExCom positions are open including: • Chair currently held by Joan Kerr • Vice Chair: Raoul Plommer • Secretariat: Olévie Kouami • Policy Chair: Poncelet Ileleji • Membership Chair: Gangadhar Panay • Communication Chair: Juan Manuel Rojas Duties and responsibilities of the ExCom are listed here. <http://www.npoc.org/governance/committees/executive-commitee/> You may also view the roles & responsibilities of our other committees here <http://www.npoc.org/governance/committees/>. Kind Regards, NPOC Executive Committee ​