Dear DotAsia Members,

The voting period of the DotAsia Board Elections 2023 ended on February 13, 2023, 23:59 UTC. In accordance with the Board Election Procedures Section 2.3 and 2.5 I am now declaring to you the results of the 2023 DotAsia Board Election-  

2.5 Report of Election Results: "In accordance with section 2.3 above, the results of the Board Elections will be declared by the Election Chair and reported at the upcoming AGM." 

We apologise for our delay** in forwarding this information to you but we are pleased  to inform you of the results of your voting, as shown below and have attached the scrutineers detailed report with greater details.

We will also be, as usual, reporting on these results and this year's election, to the membership at the upcoming AGM.

** In recent years results have been made available to Members closer to the ending of the 96 hour dispute period after the close of voting. This year the votes cast for directors in the Sponsor Member category resulted in the requirement for the random drawing of lot(s) to select between 4 candidates receiving 11 votes each to fill 3 seats remaining once the geographic requirement for this year took the initial seat with coincidentally also the highest number of 12 votes. This random drawing of lots was performed by our online voting platform provider Bigpulse in a manual operation after the automated tallying was completed. You may find additional information regarding the security and standards of Bigpulse here.

It is also regular practice, over the last few years at least, to forward a preview of election results and scrutineers report to the Board at least 12 hours before the Membership announce list. This occurred on February 20th when the scrutineers final report was received to be attached. A number of questions were raised by some members of the Board in reaction to these results and the report, and we have made every effort within the bounds of our role and in compliance with the Board Election Procedures to answer these matters and issues where we can. We are well aware that this has not satisfied all the concerns raised and questions asked, but to continue these interactions and exchanges would only further delay your receipt of these results, in advance of your upcoming AGM.

The Sponsor Member Category voting results for the DotAsia Board 2023 are as follows:

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Ballots Issued:  24

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Voter ID:

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Ballots Received:  23

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Voter ID:

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Valid Votes Counted:  85

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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 & Pacific.

The 3 candidates from Australasia & Pacific are:

Jordan CARTER                                    Australasia & Pacific

Maureen HILYARD                             Australasia & Pacific

Tenanoia SIMONA                                        Australasia & Pacific

Sponsor Member Candidate                      Votes Received

Jordan CARTER                                                12 (elected)

Jose Emmanuel DISINI                                      11 (elected)

Maureen HILYARD                       11 (elected)

Nicole T. I. CHAN                                                11 (elected)

Santanu ACHARYA                         11

Tenanoia SIMONA                                   10

Thomas BARRETT                           10

Kashif ADEEL                                  9

Note:  Online voting platform provider Bigpulse performs a random draw if there are tie-breaker situations.

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ELECTION RESULTS

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Sponsor Member Category

There were 4 vacancies in the Sponsor Member category.  Based on the voting results and geographical diversity requirement, the following candidates were elected in the Sponsor Member category:

Jordan CARTER                                              Australasia & Pacific

Jose Emmanuel DISINI                                   Central and South East Asia

Maureen HILYARD                                          Australasia & Pacific

Nicole T. I. CHAN                                            North & East Asia

The Co-Sponsor Member Category voting results for the DotAsia Board 2023 are as follows:

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Ballots Issued:  8

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Voter ID:

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Ballots Received:  7

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Voter ID:

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Valid Votes Counted:  7

Co-Sponsor Member Candidate                Votes Received

Akinori MAEMURA                                        5 (elected)

Khan Md. Mahfuzus SALAM                1

Abstain                                     1

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ELECTION RESULTS

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Co-Sponsor Member Category

There was 1 vacancy in the Co-Sponsor Member category.  Based on the voting results, the following candidate were elected in the Co-Sponsor Member category:

Akinori MAEMURA                        

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Note:  In accordance with Article 40 (g) of the M&A, in case of an equality of votes, the election shall be decided by way of lot.  The online voting platform is set up to perform a random draw in case of an equality of votes. 

BEP 1.3 Reference:  

Please find in the attached, the Report of Factual Finding from the scrutineer. The election results will be reported at the upcoming DotAsia AGM on Feb 26,

Thank you very much for your participation

Yours sincerely,

Cheryl Langdon-Orr

DotAsia Board Election Chair 2023

Attachment:  Scrutineer Report

NOTE: In accordance to section 2.3 of the DotAsia Board Elections Procedures, this Agreed-upon Procedures Report on DotAsia Organisation Board Elections in 2023 will be provided for the information of the Election Committee members, DotAsia Board and DotAsia Members only and it should not be copied, referred to or disclosed in whole or in part to any other persons, and the third-party scrutineer will expressly disclaim any liability to any such party in this respect