In accordance with the approved timeline, the nomination period closed on Tuesday, 12 June 2018, 23:59 UTC. The nomination archives can be found at: https://forum.icann.org/lists/ccnso-nominations/
In accordance to the applicable rules, the following candidate was nominated, seconded and has accepted his nomination for the special European council election:
Giovanni Seppia (.eu)
As only one candidate was nominated and seconded within the nomination period, no elections needed to be held.
At the Q&A session - held during the ccNSO Members Meeting at ICANN62 in Panama City - there will be an opportunity for the ccNSO members and broader ccTLD community to interact with the candidate.
The session is scheduled for Tuesday, 26 June 2018 (13:30-14:00) and will be chaired by Debbie Monahan (.nz). In preparation of this session, the candidate has been invited to share a candidate statement with the ccNSO members via the ccNSO members mailing list.
Next Steps:
The Election Manager will prepare the Election Report for the special European council elections for consideration by the ccNSO Council during its Panama face-to-face meeting on Wednesday 27 June 2018. The Special European Council Election process 2018 will formally close 7 days after adoption and publication of the Election Report.
Links:
- Announcement call for nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21may18-en
- Nominations and secondments archive: https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ccnso-nominations/
- Timeline: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/timeline-special-council-elections-21may18-en.pdf
- Applicable ccNSO guideline: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/guideline-ccnso-council-election-procedure-31aug17-en.pdf
- Agenda ccNSO Members Meeting: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=84219272
- ccNSO remote participation hub: https://community.icann.org/display/ccnsowkspc/ICANN+62+-++Panama+City%2C+Panama++2018
- ccNSO Members Meeting Session Summary: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=84219272&preview=/84219272/86606015/ICANN62_sessionsummary.pdf