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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D1D1D">Dear Colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">I am pleased to announce the final Chapters slate of nominees for the 2023 ISOC Board of Trustees elections, which includes the addition of one successful petition (candidates 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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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Ramanou Biaou<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Demi Getschko<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Glenn McKnight<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nandipha Ntsaluba<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Caleb Ogundele<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">George Sadowsky<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#1D1D1D;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Muhammad Shabbir<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Biographical information on the candidates will be posted here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/nominees/__;!!N14HnBHF!884MRmWpAgD8UhNOfFGywbWkcJLM_8Y8qzH95Qr2p3TkLdgkT3bfIIdWq3L0O3RQlvP0TrYwQ_A53laR_6hI$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/nominees/__;!!N14HnBHF!884MRmWpAgD8UhNOfFGywbWkcJLM_8Y8qzH95Qr2p3TkLdgkT3bfIIdWq3L0O3RQlvP0TrYwQ_A53laR_6hI$"><span style="color:#0058B9">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2023/nominees/</span></a>.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">Per the published Elections Timetable, the Candidate Forum will open on 17 March and voting will be open from 31 March until 14 April at 15:00 UTC. As a reminder, only the voting delegate of each Chapter is issued an e-ballot and
only for the Chapters election. If you do not know who the voting delegate for your Chapter is, do not hesitate to contact ISOC Community Compliance and Governance Specialist Rama Rejman (<a href="mailto:rejman@isoc.org" title="mailto:rejman@isoc.org"><span style="color:#0058B9">rejman@isoc.org</span></a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#1D1D1D">This announcement concludes the work of the ISOC Nominations Committee. As chair of the committee, I want to again thank colleagues who joined me for their hard work and commitment.<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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