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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">(cross posting)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Subject line: Announcement: Candidates for the 2025 ChAC Steering Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Chapter Leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It is our pleasure to share the list of candidates that your Chapter Advisory Council (ChAC) representatives have nominated for the 2025 ChAC Steering Committee (ChAC SC) elections over the
last few weeks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">You can discover their names and answers to three questions here:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<a href="https://isoc.app.box.com/notes/1654516038372?s=usu9l40uwlouzu3ajdwzkax3bg91pxni" target="_blank">
https://isoc.app.box.com/notes/1654516038372?s=usu9l40uwlouzu3ajdwzkax3bg91pxni</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Candidates were asked the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">1. What motivates you to be on the Internet Society’s Chapters Advisory Council Steering Committee?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">2. What would you like the Chapters Advisory Council to achieve by the end of 2025?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">3. How will your experience support the work of the Chapters Advisory Council?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The candidates are now invited to present themselves and to “campaign” via the chapter delegates e-list until
<b>23 October 2024</b>. This is an opportunity for you all to get to know your candidates, but also to ask them questions in the run up of the elections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The ChAC Steering Committee is a group of nine (9) geographically diverse members elected from among the ChAC representatives to lead the Committee’s discussions and draft recommendations on
the topics brought forward by the chapters. Out of the 9 members, 6 are geographical representative and 3 are non-geographical representatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please don't miss this chance to get to know your candidates. This will help your chapter decide who your ChAC representative should vote for in the upcoming elections! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Next Steps:</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The election period will open from
<b>24 October 2024 and will close on 07 November 2024 at 23:59 UTC. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">*The voting ballots will be sent to each Chapter's ChAC Representative on 24 October 2024, and will come from the BigPulse platform.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Learn more about the Chapters Advisory Council:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/" target="_blank">
https://www.internetsociety.org/chapters/chapters-advisory-council/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Agang K. Ditlhogo</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Chair, Nominations and Elections</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Rama Rejman</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Internet Society</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none">Rama Rejman (she/her)</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
<span style="background:white">Community Compliance and Governance Specialist, Community Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:rejman@isoc.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">rejman@isoc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><img border="0" width="80" height="38" style="width:.8333in;height:.3958in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB1EF4.CD5736A0" alt="signature_1056792626"></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:#0C1C2C;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Give a gift of opportunity. <u><a href="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ" target="_blank" title="https://bit.ly/3nUsQmJ"><span style="color:#0563C1">Donate today.</span></a></u><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Hind Regular";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Read about work we’re proud of in our <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/year-in-review/2023/" title="https://www.internetsociety.org/year-in-review/2023/"><span style="color:#0563C1">2023
Year in Review Report</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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