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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ozan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>4 August 2023 Friday 21:56<br>
<b>To: </b>German Valdez Aviles <german@apnic.net>, "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org>, Ozan Sahin <ozan.sahin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Ext] Re: Confidential - Formal notification to EC Administration, Decisional Participants, and Secretary - ICANN 2023 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> ECAdmin <ecadmin-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Ozan Sahin via ECAdmin <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 4, 2023 2:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> German Valdez Aviles <german@apnic.net>; ecadmin@icann.org <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ECAdmin] [Ext] Re: Confidential - Formal notification to EC Administration, Decisional Participants, and Secretary - ICANN 2023 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors</span>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you, Nico, Greg, and German!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Are you also okay with the designation letters, Jonathan?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ozan Sahin</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">German Valdez Aviles <german@apnic.net><br>
<b>Date: </b>4 August 2023 Friday 08:54<br>
<b>To: </b>Ozan Sahin <ozan.sahin@icann.org>, "ecadmin@icann.org" <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: Confidential - Formal notification to EC Administration, Decisional Participants, and Secretary - ICANN 2023 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">No objection with these notifications.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">German Valdez</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ECAdmin <ecadmin-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Ozan Sahin via ECAdmin <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 1 August 2023 at 4:45 am<br>
<b>To: </b>ecadmin@icann.org <ecadmin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [ECAdmin] Confidential - Formal notification to EC Administration, Decisional Participants, and Secretary - ICANN 2023 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Empowered Community Administration representatives,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You may have seen the notifications from the NomCom as to their
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">nominations</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> for Board seats
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">7</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and
</span><span lang="TR" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="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="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="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="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="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="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>31 July 2023 Monday 17:45<br>
<b>To: </b>"ECAdmin@icann.org" <ECAdmin@icann.org>, "secretariat@nro.net" <secretariat@nro.net>, "dibiase@amazon.com" <dibiase@amazon.com>, Alejandra Reynoso Barral <alejandra.reynoso@gmail.com>, Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org>, Nicolas Caballero
<nicustkd@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>John Jeffrey <john.jeffrey@icann.org>, Amy Stathos <amy.stathos@icann.org>, Vanda Scartezini <vanda@scartezini.org>, NomCom Operations Team <nomcom-ops-team@icann.org>, Ozan Sahin <ozan.sahin@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Confidential - Formal notification to EC Administration, Decisional Participants, and Secretary - ICANN 2023 NomCom Selected Nominees to ICANN Board of Directors</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please note there has been a correction made to the announcement (see highlighted section below). Please excuse the error and any inconvenience it may have caused.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">NomCom Operations Team</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">On Behalf of 2023 NomCom Chair – Vanda Scartezini</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear Empowered Community Administration,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Due diligence has been completed on all 2023 Nominating Committee selected nominees.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">As per ICANN Bylaws, Article 7 Board of Directors, Section</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:yellow"> 7.8(a)(iii)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:yellow">,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
it is my pleasure to inform you of the 2023 Nominating Committee selected nominees for the two ICANN Board of Director positions and one PTI Board of Director position. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The 2023 NomCom selected nominees to ICANN’s Board of Directors are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">ICANN Board of Directors:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11.0pt">1.</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Catherine Adeya (Region: AF) – Seat #7</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Sarah Deutsch (Region: NA) – Seat #8</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The 2023 NomCom selected nominee to PTI Board of Director is:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">PTI Board of Director:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin-left:54.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Anupam Agrawal (Region: AP)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please keep the appointments confidential until the publication of the announcement.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Vanda Scartezini</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Chair, 2023 Nominating Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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