[ripe-list] ASO AC Selects Akinori Maemura to Serve in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors

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The ASO AC is pleased to announce that it has selected Akinori Maemura 
to serve for a three-year term in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors.

Mr. Maemura is the ASO AC’s current appointee to Seat 10. His current 
term will end in November 2019 and his new term will begin at the 
conclusion of the ICANN 66 Meeting, which will be held from 2-7 November 
2019, in Montréal, Canada.

You can find more information about Mr. Maemura here:
https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2018-19-icann-board-of-directors-seat-10-elections/seat-10-2019-maemura-akinori/

The ASO AC would like to thank all candidates for the significant amount 
of time they devoted to the selection process and for their willingness 
to serve on the ICANN Board.

Mr. Maemura appointment followed a lengthy selection process, which 
included a public call for nominations, a public comment period, written 
and telephone interviews for the candidates, as well as a voting process 
in in which all eligible ASO AC members were given the opportunity to vote.

Full details of the election process and information on all candidates, 
can be found on the 2019 ASO AC ICANN Board Elections page:
https://aso.icann.org/aso-icann/icann-board-elections/2018-19-icann-board-of-directors-seat-10-elections/


Regards

Antony Gollan
Senior Communications Officer
RIPE NCC