Dear DotAsia Member, The Elections Committee is pleased to share with you the following- Nomination Results Candidate Member Category Nominated By Seconded By Candidate Confirmation* Candidate Sub-Region Kashif ADEEL Sponsor Member PH Domain Foundation (.PH) The IUSN Foundation (.NU) Accepted Middle East & Western Asia Satish BABU Co-Sponsor Member APSIG APNG Accepted Central & South East Asia Thomas BARRETT Sponsor Member PW Registry Corp. (.PW) auDA (.AU) Accepted Not in Asia Pacific Boyoung KIM Sponsor Member KISA, KRNIC (.KR) JPRS (.JP) Accepted North & East Asia Rupesh Bhakta SHRESTHA Co-Sponsor Member SANOG APNIC Accepted Central & South East Asia * Nomination results above are listed in order of when the nominations were received The members-appointed candidate Nominations Report for Board Election 2024 can be found here: https://dot.asia/docs/elections/dotasia2024-nominations-report_R.zip The Nominations Committee has determined, based on the information available to it as of April 12, 2024, that all the Nominees meet the eligibility criteria to be nominated for the DotAsia Board Election 2024. **IMPORTANT INFORMATION for The Electorate*** Based on the DotAsia Board Election Procedures <https://www.dot.asia/policies/BGC004-BoardElectionsProcedures-v2-0-COMPLETE-20240227.pdf> , SPONSOR CATEGORY DotAsia will enter into the voting process, which starts on April 29, 2024 (Mon), and ends on May 8, 2024 (Wed) at 23:59 UTC (i.e. a 10-day voting period), with the following 3 candidates presented for election to the 2 seats in the Sponsor Member category: Kashif ADEEL Thomas BARRETT Boyoung KIM After voting, the 2 who receive the highest number of votes will be deemed elected. Candidate bios and statements of interest (SOI) will be posted on the voting platform and https://www.dot.asia/board-elections-2024/. CO-SPONSOR CATEGORY Since the number of candidates standing for the election in the Co-Sponsor Member category is equal to the number of vacancies in that category (i.e. we have 2 candidates and 2 seats),* no voting* would be required. Therefore, Satish BABU and Rupesh Bhakta SHRESTHA are deemed elected as they are the only candidates in the Co-Sponsor Member category. In accordance with the *updated* DotAsia Articles of Association <https://www.dot.asia/policies/DotAsia-AA-FINAL_20240226.pdf> Section 4. Rotation of Directors, 1 Co-Sponsor candidate would serve 2 years, and 1 Co-Sponsor candidate would serve 3 years. *A drawing of lots will be conducted by the voting system BigPulse on May 9, 2024, at 00:00 UTC*. The *winner of the draw will** serve the 3-year term* of service. 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 the IP addresses 209.15.228.130, 209.15.228.126, and 5.44.19.188. Please whitelist these IP addresses. At the start of the voting period, a customized ballot, including voting instructions, will be sent to the eligible Voting Representative of each Sponsor Member. 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, *Cheryl Langdon-Orr* DotAsia Election Chair 2024