2021 ICANN Board of Directors Seat 9 Elections

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and the ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) issued a call for nominations for Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors.

The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly to be held at the ICANN 72 Meeting, scheduled to take place on 23-28 October 2021 in Seattle, USA

Eligibility Requirements

All nominated candidates must meet the selection criteria and conflict of interest requirements as outlined in Article 7 of the ICANN Bylaws. Nominated candidates will undergo a due diligence review by an independent ICANN contractor.

Regional Restrictions

The ICANN Bylaws state that the Directors selected by a Supporting Organization (SO) for its assigned Board seat(s) cannot reside in the same geographic region (see Section 7.2:c). The current ASO AC selection for Seat 10, Maemura Akinori, resides in the APNIC region. Therefore, no nominations for Seat 9 can be accepted from candidates residing in the APNIC region.

Important Dates

  • Nomination Phase: 15 September 2020  – 22 November 2020
  • Comment Phase: 21 December 2020 – 13 April 2021
  • Interview Phase: 25 January 2021 – 13 April 2021
  • ICANN Due Diligence starts for final slate of nominated candidates
  • Selection Phase (deliberation): 14 – 28 April 2021
  • Selection Phase (voting): 29 April  – 5 May 2021
  • Announcement of selected candidate: after 5 May 202, subject to the results of ICANN’s due diligence review

Nominations

On 16 November 2020, the ASO AC decided to extend the nomination period one week beyond the original deadline of 15 November.

The following candidates were nominated (sorted by their first name):

  1. Alan Barrett
  2. Johan Helsingius
  3. Kemly Camacho Jímenez
  4. Margarita Valdes
  5. Nigel Titley
  6. Patrick W. Gilmore
  7. Peter Thimmesch
  8. Ron da Silva
  9. Sean Kennedy
  10. Wafa Zaafouri

 

Interview Phase

After a first round of written interviews, the ASO AC selected the below 8 candidates for a new phase of videoconference interviews between 10 and 18 March 2021.

  1. Alan Barrett
  2. Johan Helsingius
  3. Margarita Valdes
  4. Nigel Titley
  5. Patrick W. Gilmore
  6. Peter Thimmesch
  7. Ron da Silva
  8. Wafa Zaafouri

Following an extensive review of the information generated by the second round interviews, the ASO AC moved the candidates listed below in alphabetical order based on their first name to a final round of interviews to be conducted between 5 and 6 April 2021. According to the ASO AC procedures, this final slate of candidates will be part of the selection (deliberation and voting) phase.

  1. Alan Barrett
  2. Patrick W. Gilmore
  3. Peter Thimmesch
  4. Ron da Silva

 

Comment Phase

Please refer to the 31 March 2021 Announcement for information on the adjustments made to the timeline of the 2021 ICANN Board Seat 9 Election.

The comment phase started on 21 December 2020 and ended at 23.59 UTC on 13 April 2021. As per section 9.4.5 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, all comments were moderated by the ASO Secretariat prior to being published on the ASO website.

Selection Phase and Announcement

After the conclusion of the selection phase (29 April – 5 May 2021), Alan Barrett was elected by the ASO AC members to Seat 9 of the ICANN Board.

Mr. Alan Barrett’s term on the ICANN Board will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting in October 2021 and will run through the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Meeting in November 2024.

Conclusion of the due diligence review was confirmed on 31 May 2021. The final slate of candidates was informed of the results on 1 June 2021 and the ASO AC Chair notified the ICANN Empowered Community Representatives on 2 June 2021.

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If you have any questions about the elections or the election process, please contact secretariat [at] nro [dot] net.

Last modified on 17/11/2021