<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dear Chapter Delegates,<br> <br>The ISOC Elections Committee sent reminders yesterday to all voting delegates who have not yet cast ballots in the 2020 Internet Society Board of Trustees election. This prompted me to check on the total votes received so far.  <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Until now only 30% of the eligible chapters (37/124) have voted as of 25 March.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">There are a few more days to the Friday, 3 April 2020 at 15h00 UTC deadline for voting so my message to you is to take a pause and reach to your Chapter voting delegate and ask him or her to cast a vote on the choices this election presents. It takes less than a minute to vote. If you do not know who the voting delegate for your Chapter is, do not hesitate to contact Stine Philipsen, who is the ISOC Chapters and Individual Members Coordinator (</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:philipsen@isoc.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">philipsen@isoc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">). She will be more than happy to help.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Voting is one of the few governance mechanisms that the Chapter Community has in its hands to make sure that a balanced Community perspective is present at the BoT. Engage and use it!<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Stay safe.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Eduardo Díaz<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Chair<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee (ChAC-SC)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:medium;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">---0—</span></p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><ul><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Refer to this flyer: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://isoc.box.com/s/m033wnegcrpkienwufp83patm13wv8uo" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://isoc.box.com/s/m033wnegcrpkienwufp83patm13wv8uo</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> for important information including Chapter candidate bios, how to cast your vote as well as important dates.</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Information on all the candidates is available online at: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/nominees/" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/nominees/</a></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Additional details on the elections can be found here:  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/</span></a></span><br></li></ul></span></div><div></div></div></div></div>