<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Hello from IGF Brazil</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Tomorrow is the last day for nominations. As you can see from the Elections page below, we potentially have competitive elections for the AF position (2 candidates) and the AP position (3 candidates) but not for the chair, Europe, NA, or LAC. So again, I would strongly encourage anyone who is interested in getting more involved to consider standing for election. The next year should be an interesting and important one in NCUC’s development and in ICANN more generally, so it’s worth giving it a try if you have any inclination. </div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">In addition, it is helpful to have competitive elections from the standpoint of legitimacy and buy-in, and as an incentive to electoral ‘turn-out’ when the time comes to vote. Civil society’s influence in ICANN is enhanced if our representatives can credibly say they represent xyz members, and the credibility of that claim is increased if we have a good level of participation in the election.</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">As you also can see from the Elections page, four of the nine people nominated thus far have yet to indicate that they accept the nomination. One should accept the nomination before submitting a candidate statement, a process that begins Monday, so it’d be good to hear from those folks, even in the case of self-nominations, just to be sure.</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Cheers</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">Bill</div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><br class=""></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class="">
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<div class="">The two week window for self nominating or nominating any other member <a class="external-link" href="http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(59, 115, 175); line-height: 19.0476px; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://www.ncuc.org/about/members/</a>
for the NCUC EC Elections, ends this <b class="">Sunday 8th November 23:59 UTC</b>.</div>
<div class="">If you haven’t already done so, and would want to, please send an email to the discuss list with a name(s) for any of the positions.</div>
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<div class="">As a reminder, the timetable is as follows:</div>
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26 Oct. - 8 Nov.: <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Nominations submitted to ncuc-discuss <br class="">
9-22 November: <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Candidates submit statements to ncuc-discuss </div>
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23 Nov. - 6 Dec.: <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Election period </div>
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7 December: <span class="Apple-tab-span"> </span>Results announced</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 254, 254);" class="">Elections page: </span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2015" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Elections+2015</a></div>
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List of nominees: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Nominations" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomuserconst/Nominations</a></div>
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<div class="">Many thanks,</div>
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<div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Maryam Bakoshi<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Secretariat Support - NCSG, NCUC, NPOC</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class=""><br class="">
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Email: <a href="mailto:maryam.bakoshi@icann.org" class="">maryam.bakoshi@icann.org</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Mobile: +44 7737 698036<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" class="">Skype: maryam.bakoshi.icann</div>
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