<div dir="ltr"><p id="gmail-E169" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E179" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">On August 19, 2019</span><span id="gmail-E180" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">, the ICANN 2019 Nominating Committee was pleased to announce selections for the ten (10) leadership positions mandated for the team this year.</span><span id="gmail-E181" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt"> </span></p><p id="gmail-E169" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p id="gmail-E169" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E182" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">These selectees will begin their terms after the ICANN66 Annual General Meeting 2-7 November 2019 in Montréal, Canada. </span></p><p id="gmail-E169" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p id="gmail-E169" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The names of those selected can be located at</span><span id="gmail-E183" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">:</span><span id="gmail-E184" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><a href="https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/6e1e6d9645478ef582474b89c3ce2e752ccdf6f5?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icann.org%2Fnews%2Fannouncement-2019-08-19-en&userId=796692&signature=e56f00b1f469eb30" id="gmail-E185" target="_blank"><span id="gmail-E186" class="gmail-qowt-stl-Hyperlink" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,255)">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-08-19-en</span></a><br></p><p id="gmail-E187" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:center"><span id="gmail-E190" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span></p><p id="gmail-E191" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E192" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Profile of </span><span id="gmail-E193" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">2019 </span><span id="gmail-E194" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Applicants</span><span id="gmail-E195" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;color:rgb(51,51,51)">:</span></p><p id="gmail-E196" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E197" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The 2019 Nominating Committee received 127 applications from 42 women and 85 men during its nomination period from 17 January 2019 to 22 March 2019.</span><span id="gmail-E198" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)"> </span><span id="gmail-E199" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The regional breakdown of this year's applicants was:

</span></p><p id="gmail-E200" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 11.25pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 51.1pt;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E201" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">56 from Africa</span></p><p id="gmail-E202" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 11.25pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 51.1pt;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E203" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">35 from Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands</span></p><p id="gmail-E204" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 11.25pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 51.1pt;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E205" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">13 from Europe</span></p><p id="gmail-E206" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 11.25pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 51.1pt;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E207" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">21 from Latin America / Caribbean Islands</span></p><p id="gmail-E208" class="gmail-qowt-li-0_0 gmail-qowt-list" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px 0px 11.25pt;margin:0px 0px 0px 51.1pt;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E209" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(51,51,51)">2 from North America</span></p><p id="gmail-E211" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span id="gmail-E212" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap">We congratulate all the selectees</span><span id="gmail-E213" style="display:inline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and thank all the candidates that applied.</span></p><p id="gmail-E211" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></p><p id="gmail-E268" style="list-style-type:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;font-size:16px;font-family:Cambria,"Times New Roman",Tinos,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/b16678c49334a43080d519fa770863c9968b5f35.png?u=796692"></div>