<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Colleagues,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to endorse Richard Merdinger as Chair, and support all of Edmon’s comments.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All the best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 20, 2019, at 3:13 AM, Edmon <<a href="mailto:edmon@registry.asia" class="">edmon@registry.asia</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">Hi Everyone,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">I would like to nominate Richard Merdinger for the position as Chair of UASG.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">Richard has been serving as the Vice Chair since the beginning of this group, and has been a strong advocate of UA. As the UASG looks to grow as an independent initiative supported by ICANN financially, I believe his guidance, especially with a strong experience from the ICANN community as a whole and from registries and registrars in particular, is critical for the continuity and development of this effort.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">Edmon<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">PS. This email is also sent to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">info@uasg.tech</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for the purposes of the nomination.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class="">Richard is cc-ed herein (hence his current email address) and since he has been serving as Vice Chair, I understand that his phone number should already be on file (if not I am happy to provide further).<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>UA-discuss [<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" class="">mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Don Hollander<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:59 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Roberto Gaetano <<a href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com" class="">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Universal Acceptance <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" class="">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Yes. The same cohort who can stand can vote.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">We have taken the voting addresses as of today.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Actually, the existing Chair is precluded from standing again as Chair and two of the existing vice-chars are precluded from standing as vice-chairs. In all three cases they have served the maximum two terms. But they already know that.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">D<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Roberto Gaetano <<a href="mailto:roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, 20 February 2019 7:33 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Don Hollander <<a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">don.hollander@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Universal Acceptance <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">ua-discuss@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Ext] Re: [UA-discuss] Call for Nominations<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">I have a question.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">The text says that “ Anyone subscribed to the <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">UA-discuss@icann.org</a> mailing list is eligible to stand”. However, it does not say - or I have missed - who can vote.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">I assume that it is all the subscribers of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">UA-discuss@icann.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mailing list, but I would like to have confirmation.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Roberto<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">On 20.02.2019, at 04:52, Don Hollander <<a href="mailto:don.hollander@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">don.hollander@icann.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 16pt;" class="">Elections for UASG Chair and Vice-Chair – 2019</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">V2019-02-20</span></b><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">The UASG is having elections for the Chair and Vice Chair. Here’s the process. NB: All times are 23:00 UTC<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class="">Nominations</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">This is a call for nominations. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Anyone subscribed to the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">UA-discuss@icann.org</span></a></span></u></span>mailing list is eligible to stand.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b class=""><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="mailto:info@uasg.tech" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">info@uasg.tech</span></a></span></u></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><b class=""> </b></span>and should include:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 11.65pt;">the name of the person nominated<span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 11.65pt;">the position(s) for which they are nominated<span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 11.65pt;">contact details for the person nominated. This should include an email address and a telephone number.<span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">The election administrator will verify that the nominated person accepts the nomination.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Once the nomination deadline has passed on<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">February 27 2019</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a list of candidates will be prepared showing name, email address, photo and candidate statement. Names will be shown by position in alphabetical order of surnames.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Candidates can be nominated for Chair, Vice-Chair or both.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><h2 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class="">Relevant links:</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h2><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Position Description-Chair<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uasg.tech_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2019_01_07-2DPosition-2DDescription-2DChair-2DUASG.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=4AC0zJYC4SEbzrB1PgtxrRHYWyiN25wnhVJD8wyDL4o&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Chair-UASG.pdf [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Position Description-Vice-Chair<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__uasg.tech_wp-2Dcontent_uploads_2019_01_07-2DPosition-2DDescription-2DVice-2DChair-2DUASG.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=RIZglP6Oz_j9wn0s8LJUIskpyvKZerODwe9rnSsis3c&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://uasg.tech/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/07-Position-Description-Vice-Chair-UASG.pdf [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></li></ul><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Other documents of interest may be found at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.uasg.tech_documents&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=fcivGYoVHhYoRKlikgNX5-dt48dFuL9P5AavbR-hhvI&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">www.uasg.tech/documents [uasg.tech]</span></a></span></u></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; break-after: avoid-page;" class=""><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class="">Voting</span><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(47, 84, 150); font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></h1><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Voting will be done using<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.opavote.com_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=YoE1QrrQ29ykHoDRP90RGieixsbSaqipvyaE05arclY&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">www.opavote.com [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">For the Chair the method used will be Instant Runoff Voting<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.opavote.com_methods_instant-2Drunoff-2Dvoting&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=udFl_JOXRF_Z12As-ksTD_76UI8bCWGmRrz3uHRSV48&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.opavote.com/methods/instant-runoff-voting [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">For the Vice-Chair the method used will be Scottish STV<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><u class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.opavote.com_methods_single-2Dtransferable-2Dvote-23scottish-2Dstv&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=YI0XKyKCabKQi3GVWLvuoyCWjH9WBgEBxLbMnmhSRwo&m=Ysvsdos7-nJPxZNdYmjqtkVYp5UBnxIkmTMplcWGbOI&s=IGWoBlY2p5rsvD4wDcgjyeVcxUQK75Nt9PTZi72Jfz0&e=" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#scottish-stv [opavote.com]</span></a></span></u></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">These voting methods allow voters to rank their choices. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Voting will open on March 3, 2019 and close on March 10, 2019. Decisions will be announced as soon as they are ready and have been verified.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Don Hollander<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Secretary General – UASG<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-NZ" class="">Skype: Don_Hollander</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>