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UK Chapter Executive Council Election 2025

The Internet Society UK England Chapter (hereafter referred to as “ISOC UK”) is conducting elections for four (4) At-Large members of its Executive Council. These members will each serve until the next election in January 2027.

The Executive Council and its composition is outlined in the Rules of the UK Chapter of the Internet Society (v3.1).

The following expressions of interest have been received:

David Lake
Haider Ali
Izaan Khan
Nodir Siddikov
Rasim Sen
Steve Karmeinsky (seeking re-election)
Wale Bakare
Yik-Chan Chin

Join the Candidate Forum Mailing List to ask questions and interact with candidates: The forum runs 26 July – 3 August.… Read more ...

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ISOC UK England Elections – call for candidates to submit Statements of Interest (SOIs)

ocl / January 2, 2023

Dear ISOC UK England Colleagues,

On behalf of the ISOC UK England Elections (Nominating) Committee, it is my pleasure to announce that we will now start the process of election of Officers to four (4) seats on the Executive Council of the Internet Society UK England Chapter.

Together with the four seats held by the members of Internet Society UK Limited, these constitute the ISOC UK England Executive Council, a leadership team to continue supporting ISOC’s missions.

Following the bylaws, the Elections Committee (aka Nominating Committee) was appointed last week after a public call for volunteers and is made up of 3 ISOC UK England members, selected randomly from the pool of candidates that volunteered (using a public Randomizer at http://www.random.org/lists/… Read more ...

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