Dear RSSAC Caucus members, It is time to begin the selection process for the RSSAC Delegate to the 2025 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The role is a one-year term beginning at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held during ICANN81 in November 2024. Please refer to this page<https://www.icann.org/nomcom2024> for more information about the Nominating Committee. I have also copied below the relevant sections from “RSSAC000v8: Operational Procedures” for your reference. With this notice, a four-week nomination period via this distribution list is now open. Nominations or self-nominations will be accepted and require a second. Nominees must then accept or decline their nomination and may provide a statement with more context for their decision. The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on Monday, 29 April 2024. The RSSAC will then consider the slate of candidates during its May teleconference. As you may recall, ICANN Board approved some of the recommendations coming from the second organizational review of the ICANN NomCom and updated the ICANN Bylaws in October 2023. As a result, RSSAC appointee to the 2025 NomCom will be a voting delegate. In addition, NomCom delegates will serve two-year terms moving forward; however, RSSAC is among the groups that will start with a one-year term in 2025 NomCom for the purposes of staggering delegate terms - see section 27.5(a)<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article27>. Finally, according to the Section 27.5(d) of ICANN Bylaws, “no person who served either or both of the two prior Nominating Committees (with terms ending at the ICANN Annual General Meeting in 2023 and 2024) is eligible for appointment to the Nominating Committee term commencing at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting in 2024.” RSSAC appointed Hiro Hotta and Naveed bin Rais to 2023 and 2024 ICANN NomCom, respectively. Naveed’s one-year term will conclude by ICANN81, the Annual General Meeting. The RSSAC Leadership appreciates your consideration. Please do not hesitate to contact the RSSAC Chair and Vice Chair or support staff with any questions or concerns. Best, Ozan Sahin on behalf of Jeff Osborn, RSSAC Chair and Ken Renard, RSSAC Vice Chair 1.2.7.6 Outgoing RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee The outgoing RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee is specified in the ICANN Bylaws. The term for the outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee shall be two years. No individual may serve as a delegate for more than two terms. In addition, no individual may serve in consecutive terms. An individual will only be eligible to serve a second term as a delegate on the Nominating Committee if a minimum of two years has elapsed between the end of their term and the beginning of the term for which they are being selected. The RSSAC must elect the outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee according to the outgoing RSSAC liaisons election procedure (Section 1.2.7.9) from the members of the RSSAC Caucus. The outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee acts as a conduit between the RSSAC and the ICANN Nominating Committee reporting on matters that need to be coordinated or communicated between the two bodies. The role requires discretion, management skills, and considerable time commitment. 1.2.7.9 Outgoing RSSAC Liaison Election Procedure One month prior to each election, nominations will be accepted for the outgoing liaison position and announced on the RSSAC distribution list. During the meeting that includes election of an outgoing liaison position on its announced agenda, additional nominations will be accepted, and all nominees will indicate their intentions: to accept or to decline their nomination. The RSSAC uses ranked choice voting, as outlined in Section 1.4.3 for electing outgoing liaison positions. In the event that only one candidate is standing for election, the RSSAC may elect the new outgoing liaison by acclamation. The RSSAC Chair will forward the name of the outgoing liaison-elect to the reciprocating body. If a vacancy exists in an outgoing liaison role, the RSSAC will elect a new outgoing liaison through this process.