[Chapter-delegates] 2026 ISOC Board of Trustees Elections Results

shyama wic shywic at gmail.com
Tue Mar 31 09:36:44 PDT 2026


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 Monday and the election results were
certified today, in accordance with the elections timetable.



*CHAPTERS*

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.



Voter turn-out in the Chapters election was 91.06%. Of the 123 eligible
chapters, 112 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, Caleb Ogundele received 86 votes and Ramanou
Biaou received 52 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
one (1) seat. Having received the highest weighted vote counts, Sharon Kent
has been elected to 3-year term.



Voter turn-out in the Organization Members election was 66.66%. Of the 75
eligible Organization Members, 50 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.

-- 
*Sagarika Wickramasekera*
*Board of Trustees ISOC*
*Chair** APSIG*

*Advisory Board Member ISOC_LKPast President  ISOC  Sri Lanka chapter*
*Past Vice president LKNOG*
*LKiNG Advisory board member*
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