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 <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/ <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-COMPLE... <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.com <http://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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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