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<p class="LeftParagraph">Dear Empowered Community Administration,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph">Due diligence has been completed on all 2021 Nominating Committee selected nominees.
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<p class="LeftParagraph">As per ICANN Bylaws, Article 7 Board of Directors, Section 7.8 (a)(i), it is my pleasure to inform you of the 2021 Nominating Committee selected nominees for the three ICANN Director positions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph">The 2021 NomCom selected nominees to ICANN’s Board of Directors are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><b>ICANN Board of Directors: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Edmon Chung (Region: AP) – Seat #1<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Danko Jevtović (Region: EUR) – Seat #2<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Tripti Sinha (Region: NA) – Seat #3<o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph">Best regards,<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph">Ole J. Jacobsen<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph">Chair, 2021 Nominating Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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