Dear DotAsia Member, We are pleased to announce the appointment of the 2021 DotAsia Board Election Committee. Election Chair: Mr. Kuo-Wei Wu Election Committee Co-Sponsor Members community representative to monitor election for seat(s) returned from the Sponsor Member category: Ms. Cheryl Langdon-Orr (APRALO) Election Committee Sponsor Members community representative: to monitor election for seat(s) returned from the Co-Sponsor Member category: Mr. Andrew Molivurae (.vu) The term of the current Election Committee is from December 28, 2020 to February 28, 2021. The Election Committee will oversee the election process, declare the election results, and resolve procedural disputes, if any. For more information about the DotAsia Board Election, please refer to the Board Elections Procedures 2021<https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-BoardElections2021_FINAL.pdf>. The Election Committee will provide you with updates through DotAsiaElectionCommittee@gmail.com<mailto:DotAsiaElectionCommittee@gmail.com>. Please add this email address to your contact list or whitelist it in your email system to ensure that you can receive Elections related communications. Thank you again for all who participated, commented and provided feedback in the development of this year’s DotAsia Board Elections Procedures (BEP) 2021, which took into account feedback received from DotAsia AGM2020<https://www.dot.asia/dotasia-files/board/meeting-minutes/agm/DotAsia-AnnualGeneralMeetingMinutes-20200217.pdf#new_tab> and from the Advisory Council, with a First Draft<https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-BoardElections2021_DRAFT%202.0_redlineFROMv1.1.pdf> posted for public comments and announced to Members on November 4, 2020, followed by a Revised Draft<https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-BoardElections2021_DRAFT%202.0_clean.pdf> posted and announced on December 2, 2020, and then additional comments, legal advice, expert opinion and feedback was further considered by the Board, with the Final BEP2021<https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-BoardElections2021_FINAL.pdf> posted and announced on December 21, 2020. I look forward to your participation in the DotAsia Board Elections which we hope will result in the selection of people who are prepared to work in the best interests of the DotAsia Organisation and promoting the .ASIA domain. Sincerely, Maureen Hilyard Board Chair DotAsia Organisation