<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Chapter Leaders,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This is to provide you with more information on the
Internet Society's 2022 Board of Trustees election. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">As announced by Nominations Committee Chair M. George
Sadowsky, the final slate for the Chapters election is as follows (in
alphabetical order by last name)</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Vittorio
Bertola</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Charles
Mok</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Muhammad
Shabbir</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In this year's election cycle, Chapters are asked to elect
one (1) Trustee. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The winning candidate will serve a three-year term
commencing in June 2022.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">An electronic ballot will be sent to the voting delegate of
each eligible Chapter on Friday, 25 March, officially marking the start of the
election. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Voting delegates will have until 15:00 UTC on Friday, 8
April, to cast their ballots. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you do not know who the voting delegate for your Chapter
is, do not hesitate to contact Christine Saegesser Baethge, ISOC Senior
Director for Chapters and Individual Members (<a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org">saegesser@isoc.org</a>).</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To help you learn about the candidates and their views on
various issues impacting the Internet and the Internet Society, these resources
have been assembled for your use.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Candidate Bios</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please take a moment to consider the experience and
backgrounds of the candidates for the Chapters election. Links to all candidate
bios can be found at: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2022/nominees/">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2022/nominees/</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Candidate Forum</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">To facilitate dialogue between Chapter leaders and the
candidates, the Elections Committee is again launching an online Candidate
Forum. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Everyone subscribed to this mailing list will be subscribed
to the ISOC Chapters Candidate Forum list. (You may unsubscribe at any time.) </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Forum will enable candidates to answer questions posed
by the Elections Committee and by you, Chapter leaders. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Please watch your email inbox for a message welcoming you
to the ISOC-Chapters-Candidate-Forum list tomorrow. If you do not find it,
please check your spam filters.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More Information</span></u></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A description of the role of Trustees, as well as links to
information on the nominations process, election procedures, and the elections
timetable are all posted at: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If you have any questions or experience difficulty
accessing any of the election resources mentioned above, please do not hesitate
to contact us at: <a href="mailto:lections@isoc.org">lections@isoc.org</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We look forward to your participation in the 2022 Board of
Trustees chapters election!</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Best
regards,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mrs Nd
Maimouna Diop</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">2022
Elections Committee Chair</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Internet Society</span></p></div>