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<p class="LeftParagraph">Dear Empowered Community Administration,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FEFEFE"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333">The ICANN 2021 Nominating Committee Announces Leadership Selections
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">announcement is published: 
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-2021-nominating-committee-announces-leadership-selections-17-8-2021-en">
https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-2021-nominating-committee-announces-leadership-selections-17-8-2021-en</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Nominating Committee Operations Support<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers</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="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at 10:06 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>"ECAdmin@icann.org" <ECAdmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"philippe.fouquart@orange.com" <philippe.fouquart@orange.com>, "alejandra.reynoso@cctld.gt" <alejandra.reynoso@cctld.gt>, "chair@nro.net" <chair@nro.net>, "maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" <maureen.hilyard@gmail.com>, "manal@tra.gov.eg" <manal@tra.gov.eg>,
 John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@icann.org>, NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org>, "olejacobsen@me.com" <olejacobsen@me.com>, Teresa Elias <teresa.elias@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>ICANN 2021 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph">Dear Empowered Community Administration,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph">Due diligence has been completed on all 2021 Nominating Committee selected nominees.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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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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