Good Morning everyone. FYI -- *From: *Andrei Robachevsky <arobachevsky@globalcyberalliance.org> *Date: *Wednesday, 21 January 2026 at 11:18 pm *To: *German Valdez Aviles <german@apnic.net> *Cc: *constanze buerger <cobuerger@gmail.com> *Subject: *Re: [IANA-RC] IANA RC Chair Election Hi German, I'd like to nominate Constanze for the IANA RC Chair position. Her dedication and commitment to the process and the mission of the AC and RC makes it, in my opinion, a perfect candidate. Is this note sufficient, or should I also post to the rc-iana mailing list? Regards, Andrei On 21/01/2026 11:18, German Valdez Aviles wrote: Dear RC As first step before we proceed with the IANA RC meeting and the adoption of the IANA review performance Matrix for the public consultation, we’ll need to agree in the appointment of the IANA RC chair. Please Voting Members of the Committee, could you consider to run for this position, in advance of the call tomorrow. Self nominations are accepted. Voting will be a roll call for your candidate preference during the teleconference tomorrow. Here the full description of the procedures on this matter Regards Germán -- 2.1. Procedures for Chair and Vice-Chair Selection 2.1.1. Chair Nominations Persons who are or will be community appointee Review Committee members in a particular year are eligible to become chair or vice chair in that year, and are eligible to participate in the election for that year’s chair. Nominations for the chair will close during the first meeting of the year. All nominations must be accepted. Self nominations are considered to be accepted. 2.1.2. Chair Election Voting Review Committee members will select a chair from the accepted nominations. The chair will be selected by relative majority. The candidate with the most votes will be selected as chair. 2.1.2.1. Run-off Election In the event of a tie, candidates who are tied will only be considered going forward. One or more run-off elections will be held if the number of candidates has been reduced from the previous election. If the tie cannot be broken, and the voting Review Committee members cannot agree on an alternate method to select a chair from the remaining candidates, then the chair will be randomly selected from the remaining candidates. 2.1.3. Appointment of Vice-Chair The chair will solicit interest for a vice-chair, and will select a vice-chair. The vice-chair must be a non-RIR staff committee member, and from a different RIR region to the chair. 2.1.4. Term The term for the chair and the vice-chair is one year. The chair and vice-chair will serve until the conclusion of the next chair election. 2.1.5. Chair Vacancy In the event that the chair position is vacated before the end of their term, the vice- chair will assume the chair position for the balance of that term. 2.1.6. Vice-Chair Vacancy In the event that the vice-chair position is vacated, the chair will choose a new vicechair per section 2.1.3, for the balance of the term. 2.1.7. Chair and Vice-Chair Vacancy In the event that the chair and vice-chair positions are both vacated, new chairs will be elected in accordance with the procedure outlined above. -- _______________________________________________ Rc mailing list -- rc@nro.net To unsubscribe send an email to rc-leave@nro.net