<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; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear SCI members,</div><div><br></div><div>Per the SCI Charter, each December the SCI has to nominate, select and (if necessary) elect a Chair and Vice Chair for the following year. Only primary members of the SCI (i.e. no alternates) are eligible to stand for either position. Per the Charter, the Chair and Vice Chair shall serve for a 1-year term with the option to continue for a second 1-year term. </div><div><br></div><div>Ron Andruff has served two 1-year terms and thus is term-limited and cannot continue in the position in 2015. The SCI therefore needs at least one volunteer/nominee for Chair for 2015. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Chair, the Charter prescribes how an election will then be run: <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/L4Hg">https://community.icann.org/x/L4Hg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cintra Sooknanan will have served served 1 term as Vice Chair as of the end of 2014 and is eligible to continue for a second 1-year term. For the avoidance of doubt, time
served as Vice Chair shall not prohibit the Vice Chair from serving as
Chair. If there is more than one nominee/volunteer for Vice Chair an election will be run as per the Charter.</div><div><br></div><div>Interested SCI members should volunteer or submit nominations for either the Chair or Vice Chair position. Please send all candidate nominations (including self-nominations) to this list not later than Friday, 05 December.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for your consideration.</div></div></span><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Julie</div><div><br></div><div>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</div></body></html>