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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Below is a link to some notes regarding the election procedures, which as Rafik stated, was a big part of updating the operating procedures.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Andrea Glandon</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">From:
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<b>Reply-To: </b>Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon@icann.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 17, 2026 at 08:21<br>
<b>To: </b>Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@gmail.com>, Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>NCSG EC <ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [NCSG-EC] [Ext] Re: AI-Andrea to send information to the EC about the previous discussions on the operating procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tomslin, apologies for missing your email. As Rafik stated I will be sending another Doodle today. I will also see what I can find as far as notes for previous discussions
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<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 17, 2026 at 03:55<br>
<b>To: </b>Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>NCSG EC <ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is>, Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Ext] Re: [NCSG-EC] AI-Andrea to send information to the EC about the previous discussions on the operating procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the suggestion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> what was discussed previously as one of change for election procedure is to ask people to update the region before the election for example as part of check-in process. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Andrea will send another doodle poll to have call soon. We are having changing to get our regular calls and election timeline must be approved asap.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 15:36 Tomslin Samme-Nlar via NCSG-EC <<a href="mailto:ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is">ncsg-ec@lists.ncsg.is</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seeing no response, I have gone ahead to propose a minor update to the operating procedure in relation to region selection during elections. See on this
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<p class="MsoNormal">Essentially, this is the section and line I am proposing be added:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow">Applicable to all NCSG elections:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My apologies if you shared this and I missed it. Could you please re-share previous discussions on the NCSG Operating Procedure review?<o:p></o:p></p>
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