Dear All, The NCUC Annual Election is in progress and nominations have closed, and the final ballot has been sent to the good folks at .nic for entering into their online election system. Below is the final slate of candidates on the ballot. The voting period will begin 19 Sept. 2009 at 00:00 UTC. The voting period will end 26 Sept. 2009 at 00:00 UTC. You should receive an email at the beginning of the voting period with instructions on how to cast your votes. Candidates in the election are encouraged to submit a statement or bio to this list (or to the website election page). I apologize for the delay regarding the dates of the online vote, but all is in motion now, so look for your ballot in your email on Saturday (this weekend). Thanks, Robin NCUC Annual Election for 2009 Voting Period: 19-26 September 2009 SELECT 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REGION IN EACH REGION: NCUC Executive Committee (1-year term): Africa Rafik Dammak Alex Gakuru David Kissoondoyal Asia David Cake Europe Konstantinos Komaitis Cedric Laurant North America Brenden Kuerbis South America Gabriel Pineiro Carlos Affonso de Souza SELECT 1 GNSO COUNCILOR FROM ANY REGION GNSO Council (2-year term): Rafik Dammak (Africa) Konstantinos Komaitis (Europe) Wendy Seltzer (North America) Rudi Vansnick (Europe) SELECT 1 CONSTITUENCY CHAIR: NCUC Chair (1-year term): Robin Gross APPROVAL OF CHARTER REVISIONS: Do you approve of the NCUC Charter revisions proposed by the Executive Committee? Viewable at: http://ipjustice.org/ICANN/NCSG/NCUC/NCUC-Charter-Revisions-Sep-09.pdf 2009 NCUC Election Time-Table: 4 Sept: Nominations opened 12 Sept: Nominations closed 19 Sept: Voting Begins 00:00 UTC 26 Sept: Voting Ends 00:00 UTC 31 Oct: Term Begins IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]