January 2023 - Announce - DotAsia Mailman List Manager

DotAsia Board Elections 2023 - Voting Period Begins TODAY January 30, 2023
by Election Committee 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Dear DotAsia Members, The voting period for the DotAsia Board Elections 2023 has begun today, January 30, 2023. A customized voting ballot was sent to each eligible Sponsor/Co-Sponsor Member’s voting email address. If any eligible voting member did not receive the ballot email, please contact boardelections(a)board.dot.asia immediately. For your voting consideration, the received bios of candidates have been posted on https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2023/ and on the voting platform. Once you have voted, you will receive an email from the scrutineer jesse(a)abacushkcpa.com to confirm your vote. If a reply of confirmation is not received within 48 hours of the scrutineer’s email, the vote may become invalid. Please be reminded again that the voting period ends in two weeks, on Monday, February 13, 2023, 23:59 UTC. You might also wish to review the 'Voting Process Webinar' held on Friday last week at http://aji.asia/boardelectionvoting Thank you for your attention and we look forward to your participation. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr DotAsia Election Chair 2023

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End of Nominations Report for 2023 DotAsia Board Elections.
by Election Committee 27 Jan '23

27 Jan '23

Dear DotAsia Member, The nomination period for the DotAsia Board Elections 2023 was completed on January 20, 2023. I am writing to you to announce that the nomination results can be found at https://nominations.board2023.dot.asia/ and for your convenience are included in the table below. Your attention is also drawn to the ** IMPORTANT INFORMATION for The Electorate, immediately below this Candidate details table: Candidate Member Category Nominated By Seconded By Candidate Confirmation Candidate Sub-Region Nicole T. I. CHAN Sponsor Member TWNIC (.TW) JPRS (.JP) Accepted North and East Asia Kashif ADEEL Sponsor Member PH Domain Foundation (.PH) UZINFOCOM (.UZ) Accepted Middle East and Western Asia Santanu ACHARYA Sponsor Member KazNIC (.KZ) Datacom Co., Ltd. (.MN) Accepted Central and South East Asia Jose Emmanuel DISINI Sponsor Member AfgNIC (.AF) KazNIC (.KZ) Accepted Central and South East Asia Khan Md. Mahfuzus SALAM Co-Sponsor Member APNG APRALO Accepted N/A Tenanoia SIMONA Sponsor Member The IUSN Foundation (.NU) ccTLD-ID (.ID) Accepted Australasia and Pacific Thomas BARRETT Sponsor Member PW Registry Corp. (.PW) JPRS (.JP) Accepted Not in Asia Pacific Akinori MAEMURA Co-Sponsor Member APNIC APTLD Accepted N/A Maureen HILYARD Sponsor Member JPRS (.JP) SGNIC (.SG) Accepted Australasia and Pacific Jordan CARTER Sponsor Member auDA (.AU) TWNIC (.TW) Accepted Australasia and Pacific **IMPORTANT INFORMATION for The Electorate: Based on the DotAsia Board Election Procedures <https://www.dot.asia/policies/BGC004-BoardElectionsProcedures-v1-5-20221221…> , *SPONSOR CATEGORY* 1. DotAsia will enter into the voting process, which starts on Jan 30 (Mon), and ends on Feb 13, 2023 (Mon) at 23:59 UTC (i.e. a period of 2 weeks), with the following 8 candidates up for election for the 4 seats in the Sponsor Member category: Nicole T. I. CHAN Kashif ADEEL Santanu ACHARYA Jose Emmanuel DISINI Tenanoia SIMONA Thomas BARRETT Maureen HILYARD Jordan CARTER 2. In accordance with the geographical diversity requirement specified in Article 33 of the M&A, there shall be at least 1 Director elected for the sub-region of Australasia and Pacific, and the 3 candidates from that sub-region are: Tenanoia SIMONA Maureen HILYARD Jordan CARTER After voting, the one who receives the highest number of votes for the sub-region of Australasia and Pacific will be deemed elected and the rest of the 3 vacancies will be filled by the top 3 candidates from the remaining 7 candidates. *CO-SPONSOR CATEGORY* 3. DotAsia will enter into the voting process, which starts on Jan 30 (Mon), and ends on Feb 13, 2023 (Mon) at 23:59 UTC (i.e. a period of 2 weeks), with the following 2 candidates up for election for the 1 seat in the Co-Sponsor Member category: Khan Md. Mahfuzus SALAM Akinori MAEMURA After voting, the one who receives the highest number of votes will be deemed elected. All the available candidate bios and statements of interest (SOI) will be posted on the voting platform and https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2023/ at the start of the voting period. For more information about the voting process, please refer to our procedures document at https://www.dot.asia/policies/BGC004-BoardElectionsProcedures-v1-5-20221221… . Whitelisting 1. BigPulse is the online voting platform used for this election. BigPulse sends emails from the domain name mail1.bigpulse.com which currently uses IP addresses: 209.15.228.130 and 5.44.17.248, please whitelist these IP addresses. A customized ballot including voting instructions will be sent to the Voting Representative of each Sponsor Member and Co-Sponsor Member at the start of the voting period. 2. Upon voting, a vote receipt will be sent to the voter and copied to the third-party scrutineer (jesse(a)abacushkcpa.com) Additionally, the scrutineer will send out a confirmation email to each voter and the voter is required to reply to the scrutineer within 48 hours. Any votes that are not confirmed within 48 hours may be counted as invalid. Please whitelist jesse(a)abacushkcpa.com. Thank you for your attention to this message, and we look forward to your participation in this year’s elections. Regards, Cheryl Langdon-Orr DotAsia Election Chair 2023

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Webinar - DotAsia Board Election Voting Process
by boardsec＠dot.asia 23 Jan '23

23 Jan '23

Dear DotAsia Members, The DotAsia Board Election voting period will start on January 30, 2023, we would like to better explain the Board Election voting process. You are cordially invited to join us at a webinar scheduled for: Event Info: January 27, 2023 (Fri) Time: 03:00 UTC (15 minutes) Zoom: http://aji.asia/webinar In this webinar, we will tell you about how an eligible voter can vote through the online voting platform and the process of confirmation. Join us on January 27, 2023 (Fri) at 03:00 UTC to learn more. If you are unable to join us at this time, we will post the recording at https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2023/. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at boardsec(a)dot.asia. Regards, Board Secretariat DotAsia Organisation

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DotAsia Board Elections 2023 - Nomination Updates
by Board Elections 21 Jan '23

21 Jan '23

Dear DotAsia Members, A Board Elections Compliance Administrator has been engaged to provide supporting and administrative services on behalf of the Board’s Elections Committee. There has been an update to the status of nominations in the DotAsia Board Elections. You can view the latest status here: https://nominations.board2023.dot.asia/ For your convenience, the current status is included below as well. Candidate Member Category Nominated By Seconded By Candidate Confirmation Sub-Region Nicole T. I. CHAN Sponsor Member TWNIC (.TW) Please be reminded that the nomination period will end on January 20, 2023 (Fri) 23:59 UTC. Regards, Board Elections Compliance Administrator, on behalf of DotAsia Board Secretariat (Elections Team)

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Webinar - DotAsia Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds
by boardsec＠dot.asia 04 Jan '23

04 Jan '23

Dear DotAsia Sponsor Members, Each year, the DotAsia team provides you with a Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds Allocation Report, which you should have received recently. To better explain the purpose and processes of the SCP which has been put in place since the beginning of DotAsia, you are cordially invited to join us at a webinar scheduled for next week: Event Info: January 10, 2023 (Tue) Time: 04:00 UTC (30 minutes) Zoom: http://aji.asia/dotasiazoom Speaker: Edmon Chung, CEO for DotAsia Organisation You can also find some information about the SCP and its utilization by different initiatives in the past at: https://www.dot.asia/sponsor-community-project-funds/ In this webinar, DotAsia's CEO Edmon Chung will tell you about the DotAsia Sponsor Community Project (SCP) Funds, explain who may be eligible and how Sponsor Members of DotAsia can help initiatives that promote Internet development within their cc-locality to apply for the SCP Funds. Join us on January 10, 2023 (Tue) at 04:00 UTC to learn more. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at boardsec(a)dot.asia <mailto:boardsec@dot.asia> . Regards, Board Secretariat DotAsia Organisation

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