Dear DotAsia Member,

 

The nomination period for the DotAsia Board Elections 2022 was completed on January 25, 2022. 

Following the Board Election Procedures BEP 2022, section 2.4. Dispute Resolution;  a 96 hours dispute resolution period, ending Jan 30, 2022, 00:00 UTC has now elapsed and I am writing to you to announce that the nomination results can be found at https://nominations.board2022.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

Remarks

Nicole T. I. CHAN

Sponsor Member

TWNIC (.TW)

JPRS (.JP)

Candidacy Accepted

North and Northeast Asia

Satish BABU

Co-Sponsor Member

APRALO

APNG

Candidacy Accepted

N/A

Boyoung KIM

Sponsor Member

KRNIC (.KR)

JPRS (.JP)

Candidacy Accepted

North and Northeast Asia

Withdrawn at candidate's request

Alireza SALEH

Sponsor Member

Datacom Co., Ltd. (.MN)

ISOC (.AM)

Candidacy Accepted

Middle East & Western Asia

Murad IBRAGIMOV

Sponsor Member

AFGNIC (.AF)

ccTLD-ID (.ID)

Candidacy Accepted

Central and South East Asia

Arthur CHANG

Sponsor Member

IUSN Foundation (.NU)

KAZNIC (.KZ)

Candidacy Accepted

North and Northeast Asia

Maureen HILYARD

Sponsor Member

InternetNZ (.NZ)

JPRS (.JP)

Candidacy Accepted

Australia and Pacific Asia

Neil GANE

Sponsor Member

DotPH Domains Inc. (.PH)

Datacom Co., Ltd. (.MN)

Candidacy Accepted

North and Northeast Asia

Leonid TODOROV

Sponsor Member

NIXI (.IN)

ccTLD-ID (.ID)

Candidacy Accepted

Not in Asia Pacific

 



**IMPORTANT INFORMATION for The Electorate:

Based on the DotAsia Board Elections Procedures 2022 

 

1. Since the number of candidates standing for election in the Co-Sponsor Member category is equal to the number of vacancies in that category (i.e. we have 1 candidate and 1 seat), no voting would be required.  Satish BABU is therefore deemed elected as he is the only candidate in the Co-Sponsor Member category.

 

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 the Middle East & Western Asia in the Sponsor Member category.  Since the number of candidates standing for election in the Middle East & Western Asia Sponsor Member category is equal to the number of vacancies in that category (i.e. we have 1 candidate and 1 seat), no voting would be required.  Alireza SALEH is therefore deemed elected as he is the only candidate in the Middle East & Western Asia region in the Sponsor Member category.

 

3.  DotAsia will enter into the voting process, which starts on Jan 31 (Mon), and ends on Feb 14, 2022 (Mon) 23:59 UTC (i.e. a period of 2 weeks), with the following 6 candidates up for election for the 3 seats in the Sponsor Member category:

 

Arthur CHANG

Leonid TODOROV

Maureen HILYARD

Murad IBRAGIMOV

Neil GANE

Nicole T. I. CHAN

 

4. 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 North East Asia, and the 3 candidates from that sub-region are:

 

Arthur CHANG

Neil GANE

Nicole T. I. CHAN

 

After voting, the one who receives the highest number of votes for the sub-region of North East Asia will be deemed elected and the rest of the 2 vacancies will be filled by the top 2 candidates from the remaining 5 candidates.   

 

5. Available candidate bios and statements of interest (SOI) will be posted on the voting platform and https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2022/ 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-v1-20211223.pdf.  

 

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 at the start of the voting period. Note that Co-Sponsor Members will not receive a ballot.

 

2. Upon voting, a vote receipt will be sent to the voter and copied to the third-party scrutineer (jesse@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@abacushkcpa.com. 

 

 

Thank you for your attention to this message, and we look forward to your participation in this year’s elections.

 

Regards,

 

DotAsia Election Chair 2022