On behalf of the 2020-2021 Nominations Committee, I am pleased to announce the final slates of candidates for the 2021 Internet Society Board of Trustees elections.
Chapters Election
As announced to this community on March 1, we received the required number of signatures in support of Glenn McKnight’s petition to stand as a candidate in the Chapters election. No other petitions were filed for the Chapters election. Therefore, the final slate for the Chapters Election is as follows:
- Leiska Evanson
- Luis Martinez
- Glenn Carl McKnight
- Rao Naveed Bin Rais
- Muhammad Shabbir
- Niels ten Oever
Chapter voters will elect one trustee in the 2021 election.
Separately, the Board, acting pursuant to its authority under Article II, Section 1(d), of the Internet Society By-Laws, has announced its intention to offer the runner-up in the Chapters Election a one-year appointment as trustee. This will restore the board to its usual complement of 12 voting members comprised of equal numbers from all three communities: Chapters, Organizational Members and the IETF. The number of voting members fell to 11 when Olga Cavalli resigned with one year remaining in her term.
Organizational Members Election
There were no successful petitions in the Organizational Members election, so the slate remains the same as previously announced.
- Paul Ebersman
- Robert Pepper
- Wei Wang
- Heather West
Organizational Member voters will elect two trustees in the 2021 election.
As previously announced, one of the two Organizational Member seats will include the usual three-year term of office. The other seat will include a one-year term. The candidate who receives the highest weighted vote count will be elected for the full three-year term, and the runner up will be elected for the one-year term.
Next Steps
Per the published Elections Timetable:
- The Candidate Forum will open on March 26
- Voting will be open from April 9 until April 23 at 15:00 UTC.
As a reminder, only the voting delegate of each Chapter and the voting representative of each Organizational Member are issued e-ballots, and only for their respective election.
Biographical information on all the candidates is available at:
https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2021/nominees/
This announcement concludes the work of the ISOC Nominations Committee. As chair of the committee, I want to thank colleagues who joined me as members for their hard work and commitment.
The Committee thanks all of the nominees who expressed interest and willingness to serve on the Internet Society Board of Trustees.