<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues,<br class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 7.3pt; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 7.3pt; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div>I would like to give you a final reminder you that the Call for Nominations for ISOC Board members closes at 15:00 UTC on Friday, 4 December 2019.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As you know, the ISOC Board is populated by volunteers on a non-compensated basis. We depend upon our communities to find qualified persons who are willing to contribute their time, experience, effort, and judgement to the effective functioning of the Society.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The quality of people on the final ballot that you will receive in March depends upon the people who volunteer for Board service this week (plus the people who manage to place themselves on the ballot through the petition process). Your help is critical in providing good candidates for that ballot.<br class=""><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">If you or someone you know is interested in serving on the Internet Society Board of Trustees, please refer them to the official Call for Nominations, additional information, and links to online nomination forms at:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><font color="#0000ff" class=""><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/trustees" class="">http://www.internetsociety.org/trustees</a></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">We appreciate in advance any help that you can provide to us! Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments that you may have.</div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">Best regards,</div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">George Sadowsky<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">Nominations Committee Chair<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 7.3pt 0in 0in; line-height: 13.7pt;" class="">The Internet Society</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>