The nomination period for ICANN Board Seat 11 closed on 23 July 2025 at 23:59 UTC. One candidate, Patricio Poblete, was duly nominated, seconded, and accepted his nomination before the deadline, in accordance with the applicable rules. Due diligence checks on the candidate will now begin.
As per ccNSO Council decision 219-02, if only one candidate is nominated, no election is required. However, ccNSO members will still have the opportunity to engage with the candidate during a Question-and-Answer session at ICANN84 in Dublin.
Once due diligence is complete, the nomination process will formally conclude with a majority vote of the ccNSO Council to appoint the candidate to the ICANN Board.
Patricio's written candidate statement is available in the links section below.
LINKS
- Announcements on ccNSO website related to the ongoing nominations: https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/nominations.htm
- Archive for nominations and secondments:
https://lists.icann.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ - ICANN Bylaws:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en - ccNSO Internal Rules:
https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/internal-membership-rules-26oct22-en.pdf - ccNSO Guideline Board seat 11 and seat 12 nominations:
https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/field-attached/ccnso-nominations-icann-board-guideline-15dec22-en.pdf - Timeline as adopted by ccNSO Council during meeting 218:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bkmj0dmDAuO92Muek6lv4wNbgzujPHrtelFdX4YlQRY/edit?usp=sharing - ccNSO Council decision 219-02: Call for Nomination Board Seat 11
https://ccnso.icann.org/en/about/council/decisions-resolutions/2025 - Candidate Statement Patricio Poblete
https://ccnso.icann.org/en/workinggroups/candidate-statement-patricio-poblete-05aug25-en.pdf
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