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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you, Stephen and Manal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Staff would like to kindly remind that according to ICANN Bylaws, section 7.8(c), the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary (with a copy to the Decisional
 Participants) with written notice of the designation of the Board Director. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Similar to previous notifications staff drafted the attached note and is happy to forward the notice on behalf of the EC Administration to speed up the process if you have
 no objections. Please let us know.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Ozan Sahin (on behalf of the staff supporting Empowered Community Administration)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">ECAdmin <ecadmin-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Manal Ismail <manal@tra.gov.eg><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, September 17, 2018 at 2:54 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>"Stephen Deerhake @ ASNIC" <sdeerhake@nic.as>, nomcom2018 <nomcom2018@icann.org>, "ECadmin@ICANN.org" <ECadmin@ICANN.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org>, Zahid Jamil-IG <internet@jamilandjamil.com>, John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ECAdmin] ICANN 2018 NomCom Selected Nominee to ICANN Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Many thanks Zahid for the update and Stephen for the quick response on behalf of the ECA ..</span><o:p></o:p></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Kind Regards</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
 ECAdmin [mailto:ecadmin-bounces@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Deerhake @ ASNIC<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 17, 2018 9:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nomcom2018; ECadmin@ICANN.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> NomCom Operations Team; Zahid Jamil-IG; John Jeffrey<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ECAdmin] ICANN 2018 NomCom Selected Nominee to ICANN Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I’ll get a letter out to JJ on behalf of the ECA within the next couple of days.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Stephen Deerhake</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ccSNSO Representative to the ECA</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">ECAdmin <</span></span><a href="mailto:ecadmin-bounces@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">ecadmin-bounces@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">>
 on behalf of nomcom2018 <</span></span><a href="mailto:nomcom2018@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">nomcom2018@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, September 17, 2018 at 08:08<br>
<b>To: </b>"</span></span><a href="mailto:ECadmin@ICANN.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">ECadmin@ICANN.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">"
 <</span></span><a href="mailto:ECadmin@ICANN.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">ECadmin@ICANN.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Cc: </b>NomCom Operations Team <</span></span><a href="mailto:nomcom-ops-team@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">nomcom-ops-team@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">>,
 Zahid Jamil-IG <</span></span><a href="mailto:internet@jamilandjamil.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">internet@jamilandjamil.com</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">>,
 John Jeffrey <</span></span><a href="mailto:john.jeffrey@icann.org"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody">john.jeffrey@icann.org</span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="color:black">><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[ECAdmin] ICANN 2018 NomCom Selected Nominee to ICANN Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Dear Empowered Community Administration,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Due to unforeseen circumstances one of our ICANN Board of Director selectees, Ms. Lousewies
 van der Laan, has informed the 2018 Nominating Committee that she will be unable to fulfill her duties of appointment. In light of this notification, the 2018 Nominating Committee
</span></span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_announcement-2D2018-2D09-2D16-2Den&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=SJoAZJPf4sll7c5HM-90jeUSDBNV8i1H6DgoihUn1_U&m=xqwyKSrFXrUEc1-Z7Z3CLNDgSKx997fieWa0ILD0vWA&s=AeudVHJ4nCop4CU7MhXpFPmmAHKb-GYKrhuNlRp-m_M&e="><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">announced
 [icann.org]</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> today 16 September 2018 that it has now appointed
<b>Danko Jevtovic</b> (Europe) to serve in her place. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">As per ICANN Bylaws, Article 7 Board of Directors, Section 7.8 (a)(i) it is my pleasure to
 inform you of the 2018 Nominating Committee selected nominee for the ICANN Director position, Seat 2.
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Sent by the NomCom staff on behalf of </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Zahid Jamil</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Chair, ICANN 2018 Nominating Committee</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">Cc: Decisional Participants (ALAC, ASO, ccNSO, GAC and GNSO) and ICANN Secretary</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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