<div dir="auto"><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><u><b>Apply Now for NOMCOM 2019 </b></u><u><b>ICANN and PTI Leadership positions </b></u><br></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">The 2019 NomCom online portal for candidate applications to the ICANN and PTI Leadership positions went live on January 17, 2019. This kicks off the application period. <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><strong></strong></font></span></font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><strong><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)">We encourage interested candidates to read the job descriptions and qualification criteria on the NOMCOM website: <a href="https://www.icann.org/nomcom2019-positions" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://www.icann.org/nomcom2019-positions</a> .<br></span></font></strong></font></span></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#000000"><strong><font face="Helvetica, Arial,
                  sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"></span></font>The deadline to submit applications is </strong></font></span><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px">18 March 2019 at 23:59 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).</strong><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px"></span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:16px"> <br></span></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Here is the announcement published on ICANN.org and the link to the application portal:<br></font></p><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size:12.8px"></font><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></span><ul type="disc" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin-top:0in"><li style="margin-left:0in"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">ICANN Announcement: <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-01-17-en" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-01-17-en</a></font></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Online candidate portal: <a href="https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/icann-nomcom-submission-portal" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/icann-nomcom-submission-portal</a></font></li></ul><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">For an update on NOMCOM activities please read this recent blog from the NOMCOM chair, Damon Ashcraft: <br></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/2019-nominating-committee-priorities-and-agenda</a></font></p><p style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)">https://www.icann.org/news/blog</a><br></font></p><br></div>