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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D1D1D">Dear Colleagues:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">The slates of candidates for the 2023 ISOC Board of Trustees elections, as recommended by the Nominations Committee, are as follows (candidates for each slate are listed in alphabetical order by last name).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Chapters Election (two seats available)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ramanou Biaou<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Demi Getschko<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Glenn McKnight<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Nandipha Ntsaluba<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
George Sadowsky<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
Muhammad Shabbir<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Organizations Election (one seat available)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ted Hardie<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
Cyrus Namazi<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Additional nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made by petition by the candidate and filed with the Chair of the Nominations Committee using the online form available at the Petitions page:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/petitions/__;!!N14HnBHF!_YxVfDrKKhLITa9kkXk3F1s75krDgaPunchGJPv5nxdwaPwRUiekb5egqo5qI3UOyL7dlHBrKoHmmESR-34A$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/petitions/__;!!N14HnBHF!_YxVfDrKKhLITa9kkXk3F1s75krDgaPunchGJPv5nxdwaPwRUiekb5egqo5qI3UOyL7dlHBrKoHmmESR-34A$"><span style="color:#0058B9">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/petitions/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">The deadline for receipt of petition requests is Wednesday, 1 March 2023 at 15:00 UTC. The deadline for petition signatures is Wednesday, 8 March at 15:00 UTC. The names of any successful petitioners will be placed on the ballot.
The final candidate slate will be announced on Friday, 10 March 2023 and voting will open on Friday, 31 March 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Learn more about the candidates and the elections, including the petition process at:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/__;!!N14HnBHF!_YxVfDrKKhLITa9kkXk3F1s75krDgaPunchGJPv5nxdwaPwRUiekb5egqo5qI3UOyL7dlHBrKoHmmOR1QxSU$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/__;!!N14HnBHF!_YxVfDrKKhLITa9kkXk3F1s75krDgaPunchGJPv5nxdwaPwRUiekb5egqo5qI3UOyL7dlHBrKoHmmOR1QxSU$"><span style="color:#0058B9">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">The Nominations Committee thanks all of the nominees who expressed interest and willingness to serve on the Internet Society Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Jon Peterson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">2022-2023 Nominations Committee Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Internet Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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