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<div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>The NCUC Annual Election is in progress and nominations have closed, and the final ballot has been sent to the good folks at .nic for entering into their online election system.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is the final slate of candidates on the ballot.</div><div><br></div><div>The voting period will begin 19 Sept. 2009 at 00:00 UTC.</div><div>The voting period will end 26 Sept. 2009 at 00:00 UTC.</div><div><br></div><div>You should receive an email at the beginning of the voting period with instructions on how to cast your votes.</div><div><br></div><div>Candidates in the election are encouraged to submit a statement or bio to this list (or to the <a href="http://ncdnhc.org/page/elections-1">website election page</a>).</div><div><br></div><div>I apologize for the delay regarding the dates of the online vote, but all is in motion now, so look for your ballot in your email on Saturday (this weekend).</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Robin</div><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u><b>NCUC Annual Election for 2009</b></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Voting Period: 19-26 September 2009</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><b>SELECT 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REGION IN EACH REGION:</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u><b>NCUC Executive Committee (1-year term):</b></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>Africa</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Rafik Dammak</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Alex Gakuru</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">David Kissoondoyal</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>Asia</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">David Cake</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>Europe</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Konstantinos Komaitis</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Cedric Laurant</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>North America</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Brenden Kuerbis </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>South America</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Gabriel Pineiro</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Carlos Affonso de Souza</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><b>SELECT 1 GNSO COUNCILOR FROM ANY REGION</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u><b>GNSO Council (2-year term):</b></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Rafik Dammak (Africa)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Konstantinos Komaitis (Europe)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Wendy Seltzer (North America)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Rudi Vansnick (Europe)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><b>SELECT 1 CONSTITUENCY CHAIR:</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u>NCUC Chair (1-year term):</u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Robin Gross</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><b>APPROVAL OF CHARTER REVISIONS:</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">Do you approve of the NCUC Charter revisions proposed by the Executive Committee? Viewable at:</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#797979" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #797979"><a href="http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC/NCUC-Charter-Revisions-Sep-09.pdf">http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC/NCUC-Charter-Revisions-Sep-09.pdf</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333"><u><b>2009 NCUC Election Time-Table:</b></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">4 Sept: Nominations opened</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">12 Sept: Nominations closed</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">19 Sept: Voting Begins 00:00 UTC</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">26 Sept: Voting Ends 00:00 UTC</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="3" color="#333333" style="font: 12.0px Trebuchet MS; color: #333333">31 Oct: Term Begins</font></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>