Hi,

A lot of “thank you”s in this email. :)

Thanks to everyone who voted and participated in running the elections. I also very much appreciate the confidence shown in me by all those who supported my candidacy prior to and during voting. I will do my best to live up to your expectations.

It was wonderful having a contest between two great candidates for the NCSG Chair job. Thanks to both Tapani and James, and good luck to Tapani on his work over the next year.

Finally…, a great deal of gratitude to Rafik and Avri for the amazing work they’ve done over the years to support the NCSG. They’ve both had significant positive impacts on furthering non-commercial interests in the GNSO and ICANN. Thank you both so very much.

Amr

> On Sep 15, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Dear NCSG Members,
> 
> 
> The NCSG annual election results are back and attached to this email.
> 
> Congrats to the new NCSG Chair Tapani Tarvainen   and to the NCSG's 3 elected GNSO Councillors: Stefania Milan (2 years term), Amr Elsadr(2 years term) and Marilia Maciel (2 year term). 
> 
> A deep thanks to the other candidates, the nominators, and everyone who checked-in, voted in the election.  And also we couldn't have held the election without the tireless assistance of our admin support Maryam Bakoshi and  Glen de Saint Gery from ICANN staff . Special thanks to our departing councillor for her work and representing NCSG within the GNSO council, Avri Doria.
> 
> I am really happy that we got a record turnout this time with 233 ballots casted .
> 
> The term for these positions begins at the conclusion of the ICANN meeting 54 in Dublin
> 
>  Voters can check their individual ballot ID against the list of votes cast (attached) to verify that their vote was counted correctly.
> 
> Finally, all election details are summarized in this page https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2015
> 
> if you have any question please feel free to ask me.
> Best Regards,
> 
> Rafik Dammak
> 
> NCSG chair (for few weeks)
> <2015 Annual Election of ICANN NCSG.pdf>