<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Dear Chapter Leaders: </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">On behalf of the Internet Society Elections Committee, I am pleased to announce the final results of the 2026 elections and the IETF selection for the Board of Trustees. </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Voting concluded on 30 March. The results were announced and the challenge period opened on 31 March. The deadline to file challenges was 7 April at 15:00 UTC. One challenge was filed. At a formal board meeting held on </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.85px"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/meetings/193/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px">8 April 2026</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">, the Board of Trustees reviewed the challenge and took the decision to reject it, confirming the results of the election stand.  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">In the Chapters election, Caleb Ogundele and Ramanou Biaou have been reelected to a 3-year term each. </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px 0px 10.6667px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">In the Organization Members election, Sharon Kent has been elected to a 3-year term.  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Following the process documented in RFC 3677, the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), on behalf of the Internet Engineering Task Force, selected Brian Trammell to serve on the Internet Society board for a 3-year term. </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">The terms for all four trustees will commence with the Internet Society Board of Trustees 2026 Annual General Meeting on 25-26 July in Vienna, Austria. </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">A blog post announcing the final election results and IETF appointment is located on ISOC’s website </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(70,120,134);line-height:20.85px"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/04/final-results-of-the-2026-internet-society-board-of-trustees-elections-and-ietf-selections/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);text-decoration-line:none;margin:0px">here</a></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">. The announcement has been translated into French and Spanish.</span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">On behalf of the Elections Committee, I would like to congratulate Caleb Ogundele, Ramanou Biaou, Sharon Kent, and Brian Trammell and express our gratitude once more to all the candidates, the members of the Nominations Committee and Elections Committee, the IAB, and to everyone who participated in the process this year. </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Best regards, </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">  </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Sagarika Wickramasekera </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">2026 Elections Committee Chair </span></p></div><div style="margin:0px"><p style="direction:ltr;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Aptos,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:20.85px">Internet Society Board of Trustees </span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo"></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div></div><div class="gmail-adL"></div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="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>