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>