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      lang="EN-US">Dear Colleagues, <br>
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        lang="EN-US">The slate of nominees for the 2017 ISOC Board of
        Trustees election is now final. No petitions were filed. The
        slates remain as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Organizations (one seat available)<br>
        Hiroshi Esaki<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Elizabeth Longworth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Paul Rendek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Chapters (two seats available)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Gihan Dias<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Hans Peter Dittler<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Glenn McKnight <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Biographical information on all the candidates is
        available here:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          href="http://www.internetsociety.org/2017-board-trustees-nominees">http://www.internetsociety.org/2017-board-trustees-nominees</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Voting representatives can expect to receive
        e-ballots from the ISOC Elections Committee by email on
        Thursday, 9 March and will have until 15:00 UTC on Monday, 10
        April to cast votes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">This announcement concludes the work of the ISOC
        Nominations Committee. The Committee thanks all of the nominees
        that expressed interest and willingness to serve on the Internet
        Society Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">Alice Munyua<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        lang="EN-US">2016-2017 Nominations Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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