<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"
xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta
name=Title content=""><meta name=Keywords content=""><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:DengXian;
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:Calibri;
color:windowtext;}
span.msoIns
{mso-style-type:export-only;
mso-style-name:"";
text-decoration:underline;
color:teal;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:Calibri;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:743525471;
mso-list-template-ids:1591670728;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1
{mso-list-id:891231054;
mso-list-template-ids:1992221174;}
@list l1:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l1:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>On
behalf of the Board Member Selection Process Committee (BMSPC) and for transparency purposes, we are announcing
the start of the final election - <u>Vote Round 1</u> - to select the ICANN Board Director selected
by the At-Large Community (Seat #15) from the end of 2017 AGM (3 Nov 2017) to the end of 2020 AGM
(23 Oct 2020).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Electorate Members</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The 20 electorate members who will cast votes in the electronic
poll can be found <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/8LXDAw">HERE</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Vote Question</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Who do you support to become the ICANN Board Director
selected by the At-Large Community (Seat #15) from the end of 2017 AGM (3 Nov 2017) to the end of 2020
AGM (23 Oct 2020)? Please select one Candidate below (listed in alphabetical order of the last name):<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul
style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Alan
Greenberg<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Leon
Felipe Sanchez Ambia<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Poll Instruction </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul
style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This
poll opens on 21 February 2017 at 12:00 UTC and closes on 27 February 2017 at 12:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Once open, electorate members
receive Vote Credential emails that contain links to BigPulse to cast their votes online.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Staff send reminders, as
well as contact electorate members who haven’t voted before the poll closes.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The vote must meet both
requirements below to reach quorum:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal
style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>8 ALAC Members/Replacements + 4 RALO Chairs
have voted<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level2 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>At
least 2 electorate members from each region (2 ALAC Members/Replacements OR 1 ALAC Member/Replacement
+ 1 RALO Chair) have voted<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Once a vote is cast in BigPulse, change is not allowed.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>This poll is a simple majority
vote: electorate members may cast vote for only one Candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal
style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If one Candidate has more than 50% of the
votes cast, that Candidate is deemed successful and declared the ICANN Board Director selected by
the At-Large Community (Seat #15) from the end of 2017 AGM (3 Nov 2017) to the end of 2020 AGM (23 Oct
2020). Subsequently, the At-Large Board Director Selection Process is completed. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If no Candidate receives
more than 50% of the votes cast, all electorate members should conduct consultation immediately among
themselves and within their RALOs till 3 March 2017 at 12:00 UTC. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal
style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Following the consultation process, the <u>Tie
Breaking Vote</u>, which is the same simple majority vote, starts on 04 March 2017 12:00 UTC<b> </b>and
closes on 10 March 2017 12:00. Its Vote Credentials are sent once the poll opens. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li
class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>If the tie still exists
after the completion of the <u>Tie Breaking Vote</u>, an in-person, random tie breaking draw takes
place during the ICANN58 Copenhagen Meeting. Details to follow. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Background
Information</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>For information of the Final Slate of Candidates for the ICANN Board Director
position selected by the At-Large Community, please click <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/3bTDAw">HERE</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For background information of the ICANN Board Director
Selection Process, please visit the <a href="https://community.icann.org/x/6Q2MAg">At-Large Board
Member Selection workspace</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Any
questions regarding the process should also be directed by email to <a href="mailto:program-admin@atlarge.icann.org">program-admin@atlarge.icann.org</a>.
They will be answered as quickly as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber,
Nathalie Peregrine, Terri Agnew, Yeşim Nazlar and Evin Erdoğdu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community<o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>E-mail: <a href="mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org">staff@atlarge.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Website: <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/">atlarge.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge">facebook.com/icann</a><a
href="https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge">atlarge</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge">@</a><a href="https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge">ICANNAtLarge</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p
class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>