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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05aug11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN 2011 Nominating Committee Announces Selections<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5 August 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 2011 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) has completed its selections for eight leadership positions within ICANN.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The NomCom's Chair, Adam Peake, said "We are very pleased to have been able to select such high quality people to join ICANN. They are a great group, bringing skills and experience that will serve the community well. It's been a tough job, the NomCom had to choose from a very strong applicant pool, with many highly qualified candidates for every position, including a record number of female applicants. After many hours of teleconferences and meetings, and then almost two and half days of discussion locked away in a room in Singapore, we reached unanimous agreement on all the selected nominees and the overall slate that includes individuals from China, Germany, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines and United States. Thanks to my committee for their hard work, and on behalf of all the NomCom a very sincere Thank You to all 88 candidates who gave their time and effort in volunteering to help ICANN".<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The NomCom is charged with recruiting and selecting a portion of ICANN's leadership. The NomCom is mandated to ensure that overall, ICANN's leadership is diverse in geography, culture, skills, experience, and perspective. The basic criteria is that selectees are people of integrity, objectivity and sound judgment, can support decision-making within groups, can work effectively in English, have an understanding of ICANN's mission and operation, are committed to its success, experienced in world affairs, contribute to cultural, professional and geographic expertise, and can work long and hard as volunteers in the global public trust.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The NomCom evaluated over eighty-eight candidates, many of whom with exceptional qualifications in relation to the key criteria as set out in the ICANN Bylaws. With such a rich pool of candidates and very few seats to fill, the NomCom found itself unable to appoint all the applicants the Committee members would have desired to see on the Board and on the other bodies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p><strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Selectees listed for each ICANN body, in alphabetical order by family name.</span></strong><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#stephen-crocker"><span lang=EN-US>Steve Crocker</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, United States<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#judith-duavit-vazquez"><span lang=EN-US>Judith Vasquez</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ALAC<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#titi-akinsanmi"><span lang=EN-US>Titi Akinsanmi</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Nigeria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#rinalia-abdul-rahim"><span lang=EN-US>Rinalia Abdul Rahim</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Malaysia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#carlton-samuels"><span lang=EN-US>Carlton Samuels</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Jamaica<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Council<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#lanre-ajayi"><span lang=EN-US>Lanre Ajayi</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Nigeria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#thomas-rickert"><span lang=EN-US>Thomas Rickert</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ccNSO Council<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/biog/nomcom-bios-05aug11-en.htm#hong-xue"><span lang=EN-US>Hong Xue</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>These individuals will take up their positions after the end of ICANN's Annual General Meeting in Dakar, Senegal, on 28 October 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This year's Nominating Committee received 88 Statements of Interest from candidates all over the world (23 female and 65 male), during its open nomination period from 17 December 2010 to 4 April 2011. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The regional breakdown of this year's candidates is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>19 from Africa,<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>24 from Asia/Australia/Pacific<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>14 from Europe<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15 from Latin America/Caribbean<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>16 from North America<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information about the NomCom, please visit </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://nomcom.icann.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://nomcom.icann.org/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>