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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Secretariat <secretariat-bounces@nro.net> on behalf of Ozan Sahin via ECAdmin <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 12 August 2022 at 11:26 pm<br>
<b>To: </b>ecadmin@icann.org <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [NRO secretariat] [ECAdmin] ICANN 2022 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Empowered Community Administration representatives,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You may have seen the notifications from the NomCom as to their appointments for Board seats
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">5,</span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">and </span><span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Under the ICANN Bylaws, Section 7.8(c), “At least two months before the commencement of each annual meeting, the Nominating Committee shall give the EC Administration (with a
copy to the Decisional Participants and Secretary) written notice of its nomination of Directors for seats with terms beginning at the conclusion of the annual meeting, and the EC Administration shall promptly provide the Secretary (with a copy to the Decisional
Participants) with written notice of the designation of those Directors. All such notices shall be posted promptly to the Website.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Accordingly, the ECA support staff has prepared the attached draft designation letters for your review and consideration. Please respond to this list if you have any objections,
concerns or changes; otherwise, staff will be happy to forward the notices on your behalf.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ozan Sahin (on behalf of the staff supporting Empowered Community Administration)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">ECAdmin <ecadmin-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of NomCom Operations Team via ECAdmin <ECAdmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>12 August 2022 Friday 00:08<br>
<b>To: </b>"ECAdmin@icann.org" <ECAdmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"mchaelgraham@gmail.com" <mchaelgraham@gmail.com>, "chair@nro.net" <chair@nro.net>, Amy Stathos <amy.stathos@icann.org>, NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org>, Teresa Elias <teresa.elias@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[ECAdmin] ICANN 2022 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors & PTI Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Empowered Community Administration,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Due diligence has been completed on all 2022 Nominating Committee selected nominees.
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">As per ICANN Bylaws, Article 7 Board of Directors, Section 7.8 (a)(i), it is my pleasure to inform you of the 2022 Nominating Committee selected nominees for
the three ICANN Director positions and one PTI Board of Director position. </span>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please keep the appointments confidential until the publication of the announcement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 2022 NomCom selected nominees to ICANN’s Board of Directors are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ICANN Board of Directors:
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1. Maarten Botterman (Region: EUR) – Seat #4</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2. Christopher Chapman (Region: AP) – Seat #5</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3. Sajidur Rahman (Region: AP) – Seat #6</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The 2022 NomCom selected nominee to PTI Board of Directors is:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">PTI Board of Director:
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1. Tobias Sattler (Region: EUR)
</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="LeftParagraph"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Michael R. Graham</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chair, 2022 Nominating Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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