[Chapter-delegates] 2025 ISOC Board of Trustees Elections Results

[Thoko Miya]

>From the South Africa Chapter,

A massive congratulations to Charles Mok, Barry Leiba and Sagarika
Wickramasekera on their new appointments to the ISOC Board of Trustees.

Kind regards
Thoko Miya
Chair ISOC South Africa Chapter

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 at 15:23, Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Congratulations to the newly elected Trustees and thanks to Ramanou and
> all others, involved in the process!
> I am really impressed by the number of chapters, who voted - almost 94%!!!
> Is that an all-time record? Wow!
>
> It was a good discussion, leading to these results!
>
> best,
> veni
> ISOC - Bulgaria
>
> On 4/7/25 08:22, Ramanou BIAOU via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> Dear Chapter Leaders:
>
>
>
> 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 Friday and the election results were
> certified today, in accordance with the elections timetable.
>
>
>
> *CHAPTERS*
>
> In the Chapters election, there were five (5) candidates for one (1) seat.
> Having received the most votes, Charles Mok has been elected to a 3-year
> term as a trustee.
>
>
>
> Voter turn-out in the Chapters election was *93.38%. Of the 121 eligible
> chapters, 113 voted*. In accordance with the Procedures for Selecting
> Trustees
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/>,
> Publication of the Result, *Charles Mok* received 69 votes.
>
>
>
> In addition, the Procedures for Selecting Trustees
> <https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/procedures-selecting-trustees/>
> 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).
>
>
>
> *ORGANIZATION MEMBERS*
>
> In the Organization Members election there were three (3) candidates for
> two (2) seats. Having received the highest weighted vote counts, *Barry
> Leiba and Sagarika Wickramasekera* have been elected to a 3-year term
> each as trustees.
>
>
>
> Voter turn-out in the Organization Members election was *61.84%. Of the
> 76 eligible Organization Members, 47 voted*.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Election challenges may be lodged between now and *15:00 UTC on 14 April*
> by email to the Internet Society President Sally Wentworth at the address
> election-challenge at isoc.org. Any such challenges must include an
> explanation of the reasons for the challenge. The President, after
> consultation with the chairs of the Nominations and Elections Committees
> and the members of the Board of Trustees, shall advise the challenge author
> of the board's decision by 21 April.
>
>
>
> Again, thanks to all who participated in the 2025 Board of Trustees
> elections.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> *Ramanou Biaou*
>
> 2025 Elections Committee Chair
>
> Internet Society Board of Trustees
>
>
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>
> Best regards,
> Venihttps://www.veni.com
> pgp:5BA1366E veni at veni.com
>
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