Dear DotAsia Member,
 
The nomination period for the DotAsia Board Elections 2021 has completed on February 1, 2021.
 
The nomination results can be found at https://nominations.board2021.dot.asia, and for your convenience included below:
 
Candidate
Member Category
Nominated By
Seconded By
Candidate Confirmation
Candidate Sub-Region
Kashif ADEEL
Co-Sponsor Member
APNG
APRALO
Candidacy Accepted
N/A
Emani FAKAOTIMANAVA-LUI
Sponsor Member
IUSN Foundation (.NU)
NIC .TJ (.TJ)
Candidacy Accepted
Australia & Pacific Asia
Andi BUDIMANSYAH
Sponsor Member
PANDI (.ID)
UZINFOCOM (.UZ)
Candidacy Accepted
South and Southeast Asia
Jose Emmanuel DISINI
Sponsor Member
IUSN Foundation (.NU)
PH Domain Foundation (.PH)
Candidacy Accepted
South and Southeast Asia
Santanu ACHARYA
Sponsor Member
NIXI (.IN)
HKIRC (.HK)
Candidacy Accepted
South and Southeast Asia
Ali ALMESHAL
Sponsor Member
TWNIC (.TW)
InternetNZ (.NZ)
Candidacy Accepted
Middle East & Western Asia
Ellen STRICKLAND
Sponsor Member
InternetNZ (.NZ)
JPRS (.JP)
Candidacy Accepted
Australia & Pacific Asia
 
 
Based on the DotAsia Board Elections Procedures 2021:
 
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.  Kashif ADEEL is therefore deemed elected as he is the only candidate in the Co-Sponsor Member category.
 
2.  DotAsia will enter into the voting process, which starts on Feb 5 (Fri), and ends on Feb 19, 2021 (Fri) 23:59 UTC (i.e. a period of 2 weeks), with the following 6 candidates up for election for the 4 seats in the Sponsor Member category:
 
Emani FAKAOTIMANAVA-LUI
Andi BUDIMANSYAH
Jose Emmanuel DISINI
Santanu ACHARYA
Ali ALMESHAL
Ellen STRICKLAND
 
3. 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 South and Southeast Asia, and the 3 candidates from that sub-region are:
 
Andi BUDIMANSYAH
Jose Emmanuel DISINI
Santanu ACHARYA
 
After voting, the one who receives the higher number of votes for the sub-region of South and Southeast Asia will be deemed elected and the rest of the 3 vacancies will be filled by the top 3 candidates from the original voting.   
 
4. Available candidate bios and statement of interest (SOI) will be posted on the voting platform and https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2021/ 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/DotAsia-BoardElections2021_AmendedFINAL-COMPLETE-2021-01-25.pdf.   
 
Whitelisting
 
1.  BigPulse is the online voting platform used for this election. BigPulse sends emails from the domain name mail1.bigpulse.comwhich 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, and we look forward to your participation in this year’s elections.
 
Sincerely,
 
Kuo-Wei Wu
DotAsia Election Chair 2021