<div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:21.600000381469727px;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.6px">The ICANN </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">Nominating Committee (NomCom)</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> d</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">elegates and Leadership team met </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">at ICANN 65 in Marrakesh</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">, Morocco</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> to </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">intervi</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">ew,</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> further evaluate and select </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">candidates </span><span style="line-height:21.6px">from the</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> 2</span><span class="m_-6086621871993809125s3" style="line-height:8.4px;font-size:7px;vertical-align:super">nd</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> intercessio</span><span style="line-height:21.6px">nal short-list.</span><span style="line-height:21.6px"> </span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">This was a continuation of the</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> candidate selection phase in</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> the </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">NomCom</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> proce</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">ss. </span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"></span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">Selection</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">s</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> for the</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">most qua</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">lified candidates were completed</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> for the</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">se</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">10 open seats: </span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"></p><ul><li><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">3 seats for the ICANN board</span></li><li><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">1</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> seat for the PTI board</span></li><li><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">3 seats for each of these ALAC re</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">gions: Africa, LAC & Asia Pacific</span></li><li><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">1 seat for </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">ccNSO</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> </span></li><li><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">2</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> seats for the GNSO</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">New selectees will officially assum</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">e their roles in Montréal, Canada </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">at the conclusion of the </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"></span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">ICANN</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> 66 Annual General Meeting (</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">AGM</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">) scheduled for November ; however public </span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">announcements of the selections should be published in late August or early September 2019</span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">2019 NomCom</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"> timelines</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">:</span><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">(</span><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/45a71761f77ba0245217537190db1a15b08171e9?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fassets%2Fnomcom2019-timeline-720x540-24oct18-en.jpg%2520%2Ft%2520_blank&userId=796692&signature=dc9289b36096fbeb" target="_blank"><span class="m_-6086621871993809125s5" style="line-height:21.600000381469727px;color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/assets/nomcom2019-timeline-720x540-24oct18-en.jpg</span></a><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">)</span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"><br></span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">Rgds,</span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px"><br></span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">Tracy Hackshaw</span></p><p class="m_-6086621871993809125s4" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.38;font-size:18px"><span style="line-height:21.600000381469727px">ALAC-LAC Representative to the 2019 ICANN Nominating Committee</span></p>
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