<div dir="ltr">Congratulations Tapani for getting up to speed such an interesting, varied and open exercise!!! Certainly a high point of your Chairmanship<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez<br>ISOC Costa Rica Chapter<br>skype carlos.raulg<br>+506 8837 7176 <br>________<br>Apartado 1571-1000<br>COSTA RICA</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Tapani Tarvainen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info" target="_blank">ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
Voting in our elections will begin today: unless some last minute<br>
glitch intervenes, ballots will be sent at about 0900 UTC, or<br>
in somewhat under two hours.<br>
<br>
I will send another message after they have been sent - don't<br>
look for one in your mailbox just yet.<br>
<br>
But this is how it will go. If you have any questions or concerns,<br>
don't hesitate to ask.<br>
<br>
All voters will receive a message from <a href="mailto:tally@icann.org">tally@icann.org</a> containing<br>
a personalized link to the ballot. The ballot will be a web form<br>
with checkboxes for all candidates, like below.<br>
<br>
In Chair election you can choose only one candidate.<br>
There is no explicit "none of the above" -option, but if<br>
you don't want to vote for either, simply leave both unselected.<br>
(If you select both your ballot will be considered invalid.<br>
<br>
In Council election you can choose four candidates, as there're<br>
four seats available. Again, you can choose to select fewer<br>
than four, even none (but if you select all five your ballot<br>
will be considered invalid).<br>
<br>
If you make a mistake or change your mind, you can vote again:<br>
if you do that, only last of your votes will count.<br>
<br>
Voting will last two weeks, ending at 2359 UTC on 3 September.<br>
<br>
And reminder, there's another Meet the Candidates -call with<br>
councillor candidates today at 1800 UTC. If you haven't yet decided<br>
who to vote for to the council, please attend and/or send questions.<br>
<br>
You can find more details in the election wiki page:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Elections-2017" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/<wbr>display/gnsononcomstake/<wbr>Elections-2017</a><br>
<br>
And here's what the ballot will look like:<br>
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NCSG Election 2017<br>
<br>
<br>
**NCSG Chair**<br>
<br>
Select *at most one* of the following candidates.<br>
(If you don't want to support either candidate,<br>
leave both unselected.)<br>
<br>
[ ] Farzaneh Badii<br>
[ ] David Cake<br>
<br>
<br>
**GNSO Council**<br>
<br>
Select *at most four* (4) of the following candidates.<br>
<br>
[ ] Ayden Férdeline<br>
[ ] Michael Karanicolas<br>
[ ] Tatiana Tropina<br>
[ ] Arsène Tungali<br>
[ ] Martin Silva Valent<br>
<br>
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Happy voting,<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Tapani Tarvainen<br>
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