[Community-Discuss] Fwd: [AFRINIC-Announce] Reminder: ASO AC Calls For Nominations for Seat 9 on the ICANN Board of Directors

[Noah]

FYI

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From: AFRINIC Communication <comms at afrinic.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020, 11:01
Subject: [AFRINIC-Announce] Reminder: ASO AC Calls For Nominations for Seat
9 on the ICANN Board of Directors
To: <announce at afrinic.net>


Dear colleagues,

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) [1] and the ICANN Bylaws [2], the Address Supporting
Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has issued a call for nominations for
Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors:
https://aso.icann.org/icann-board/icann-board-elections/2021-icann-board-of-directors-seat-9-elections/


The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin
at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly at the ICANN 72
Meeting, scheduled from 23-28 October 2021 in Seattle, USA.

Eligibility Requirements
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All nominated candidates must meet the selection criteria and conflict of
interest requirements as outlined in Article 7 of the ICANN Bylaws. The
nominated candidates will undergo a due diligence review by an independent
ICANN contractor.

Nomination Process
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Community members are invited to submit nominations by email to nominations
[at] aso [dot] icann [dot] org by Sunday, 15 November 2020 at 23:59 UTC.

Nominations must include the following information:

- The full name of the person being nominated
- Contact email address of the person being nominated
- Contact telephone number of the person being nominated
- The full name of the person making the nomination
- Contact email address for the person making the nomination
- Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination

Regional Restrictions
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The ICANN Bylaws state that the Directors selected by a Supporting
Organization (SO) for its assigned Board seat(s) cannot reside in the same
geographic region (see Section 7.2:c). The current ASO AC selection for
Seat 10, Maemura Akinori, resides in the APNIC region. Therefore, no
nominations for Seat 9 can be accepted from candidates residing in the
APNIC region.

Important Dates
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- Nomination Phase: 15 September 2020 – 15 November 2020
- Comment Phase: 21 December 2020 – 17 January 2021
- ICANN Due Diligence for nominated candidates
- Interview Phase: 25 January 2021 – 30 March 2021
- Selection Phase (deliberation): 1 – 16 April 2021
- Selection Phase (voting): 19 – 25 April 2021
- Announcement of selected candidate: around 30 April 2021

Further Information
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More information and updated announcements will be added to to the
dedicated 2021 Seat 9 elections page on the ASO website:
https://aso.icann.org/icann-board/icann-board-elections/2021-icann-board-of-directors-seat-9-elections/


Detailed procedures for election of individuals to the ICANN Board of
Directors by the ASO AC can be found in Section 9 of the ASO AC Operating
Procedures:

https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/aso-ac-icann-board-selection-procedures/


If you have any questions about the elections or the election process,
please contact secretariat [at] nro [dot] net.


[1] Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding 2019:
https://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandums-of-understanding/

[2] ICANN Bylaws:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en

On behalf of the ASO AC
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