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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear LACRALO members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">It has come to our attention that the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">n</span><span style="color:black">omination of Tracy Hackshaw to the position of LACRALO ALAC member for the term 2020 AGM to 2022 AGM did not comply
with the requirements established in ICANN Bylaws 8.8. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> (</span><span style="color:black">See : <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#VII-8" title="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#VII-8">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en#VII-8</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">).
The full text is below:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Section 8.8 INELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION BY NOMINATING COMMITTEE</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">"No person who serves on the Nominating Committee in any capacity shall be eligible for nomination by any means to any position on the Board or any other ICANN body having one or more membership positions that the Nominating Committee
is responsible for filling, until the conclusion of an ICANN annual meeting that coincides with, or is after, the conclusion of that person's service on the Nominating Committee”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Accordingly, no one who is currently serving on the Nominating Committee may be nominated for the ALAC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Tracy </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">is </span><span style="color:black">serving as ALAC </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">D</span><span style="color:black">elegate to the NOMCOM (period AGM2019-AGM 2020)
at the time of his nomination as ALAC candidate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Therefore, unfortunately the current nomination will have to be declared null as to comply with the requirements</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">Tracy will not be able to be a nominee for the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">open </span><span style="color:black">ALAC position at this time. </span><span style="color:black">
<span lang="EN-US">Tracy has already been informed. <b>This change does NOT affect any of the other LACRALO selections.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The election process for this position will be launched again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The new election timetable for the position of ALAC member from LACRALO<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">is being developed and will be announced shortly.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Apologies for any inconvenience this issue may have caused.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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