2025 ICANN Board of Directors Seat 10 Election

In line with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and the ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) announces the opening of nominations for Seat 10 on the ICANN Board of Directors.

The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, starting immediately after the ICANN Annual General Assembly to be held during the ICANN 84 Meeting, scheduled to take place in October 2025.

Eligibility Requirements

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

<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article7>

Regional Restrictions

The ICANN Bylaws state that no two directors selected by a Supporting Organization may reside in the same geographic region. Since the current ASO AC appointee for Seat 9, Alan Barret, resides in the AFRINIC region, candidates from the AFRINIC region will not be eligible for nomination to Seat 10.

Important Dates

– Nomination Phase: 16 September 2024 – 16 December 2024

– Comments Phase: 30 December 2024 – 29 January 2025

– Interview Phase: 29 January 2025 –29 March 2025

– Selection Phase (deliberation): 30 March 2025 – 29 April 2025

– Selection Phase (voting): 30 April 2025 – 7 May 2025

– Announcement of selected candidate: around 14 May 2025

List Of Candidates 

Following a call for candidates the ASO AC received the next candidates to run for seat 10 of the ICANN Board

  1. Christian Kaufmann
  2. Karl Kloppenborg

Comment Phase

The comment phase has now started and it will end at 23.59 UTC on 29 January 2025. As per section 9.4.5 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures, all comments are moderated by the ASO Secretariat prior to being published on the ASO website.

Further Information

Detailed procedures for election of individuals to the ICANN Board of Directors by the ASO AC can be found in Section 9 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures.

<https://aso.icann.org/documents/operational-documents/aso-ac-icann-board-selection-procedures/>

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

References:

– Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC): <https://aso.icann.org/aso-ac/>

– ASO Memorandum of Understanding: <https://aso.icann.org/documents/memorandums-of-understanding/>

– ICANN Bylaws: <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en>

Last modified on 08/01/2025