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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please see below the call for nominations for members of the 2016 ALAC Leadership Team (ALT) sent on behalf of Alan Greenberg, Chair of the ALAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">===========================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ALAC LEADERSHIP TEAM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Now that it is confirmed that the ALAC Chair, Alan Greenberg, will continue for another term, he has requested that a call for nominations be issued for the other four members of the ALAC Leadership team
(ALT) from the four remaining regions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Asia, Australasia and Pacific Islands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Europe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">- Latin America and Caribbean Islands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The ALAC Rules of Procedure call for up to two Vice-Chairs, at the discretion of the incoming ALAC Chair, and Alan has indicated that he would prefer two Vice-Chairs as was the case during the past year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nominations are now open for individuals to serve as the two Vice-Chairs of the ALAC and the two non-titled ALT positions. Nominations may be made by any current ALAC Member. Nominees need not be an ALAC
Member at the time of the nominations, but must have an expectation of being an ALAC Member after the completion of the upcoming Dublin ICANN Meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Requirements for ALT members can be found in Section 6 of the ALAC Rules of Procedure (<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04">http://tinyurl.com/ALAC-RoP-2013-04</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nominations will close on Saturday, 17 October 2015 at 23:59 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nominations need not be seconded, but it is an ALAC tradition that others may second the nomination as a show of agreement with the nomination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nominations other than self-nominations must be accepted within seven days after the close of nominations. Acceptance should be sent to the
<a href="mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org%3cmailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org">
alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nominees without access to that list should send their acceptance to
<a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org%3cmailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org</a>>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Staff will forward all acceptances to
<a href="mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.rog%3cmailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.rog">
ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.rog<mailto:ALAC-Announce@atlarge-lists.icann.rog</a>>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Following the close of the nominations period and the acceptance or rejection of all nominations, candidates from regions where the position is not contested will be declared to have won by acclamation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If there are multiple candidates from any region, the candidates, in conjunction with the ALAC, will be given the opportunity to resolve the situation. Failing that, an secret vote of the ALAC will decide
the winner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If the resultant ALT includes two members nominated to be Vice-Chairs, those two will serve in those positions. If there are less than two or more than two nominated as Vice-Chairs, the ALAC Chair will
decide who will occupy the Vice-Chair positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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