<div dir="ltr">Congratulations to Caleb, Biaou, and the newly elected board members on your success in the just-concluded election. Best wishes to all candidates who took part.<div><br></div><div>Nkoro, Nkoro E.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 9:55 PM Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Congratulations to both candidates, and to the rest of the people who decided to run! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best of luck in your term!</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 12:36 shyama wic via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Dear Chapter Leaders:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">On behalf of the Internet Society Elections Committee, I wish to extend my appreciation and thanks to all of the candidates for the Board of Trustees elections. We are honored that so many qualified individuals offered to serve on the board. Voting closed on Monday and the election results were certified today, in accordance with the elections timetable.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>CHAPTERS</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In the Chapters election, there were five (5) candidates for two (2) seats. Having received the most votes, Caleb Ogundele and Ramanou Biaou have been elected to a 3-year term each.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Voter turn-out in the Chapters election was 91.06%. Of the 123 eligible chapters, 112 voted. In accordance with the </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(149,79,114)"><u><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">Procedures for Selecting Trustees</a></u></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">, Publication of the Result, Caleb Ogundele received 86 votes and Ramanou Biaou received 52 votes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In addition, the </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(149,79,114)"><u><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">Procedures for Selecting Trustees</a></u></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> state that, “ISOC will make available a list of all Chapters eligible to vote in an election, indicating which Chapters exercised their voting privilege.” I am pleased to share that list with you (attached to this email).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>ORGANIZATION MEMBERS</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">In the Organization Members election there were three (3) candidates for one (1) seat. Having received the highest weighted vote counts, Sharon Kent has been elected to 3-year term.</span></p><span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Voter turn-out in the Organization Members election was 66.66%. Of the 75 eligible Organization Members, 50 voted. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span></p></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please join me in congratulating the successful candidates and thanking all who ran. I also wish to thank all voters, members of the Elections Committee, and ISOC staff who supported the elections process.</span></p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Sagarika Wickramasekera</b></div><div><b>Board of Trustees ISOC</b><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Chair</b><b> APSIG</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>Advisory Board Member ISOC_LK<br>Past President  ISOC  Sri Lanka chapter</b></div><div><b>Past Vice president LKNOG</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>LKiNG Advisory board member</b></div></div></div></div>
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