<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div>Dear Councillors,</div><div><br></div><div>As Bret mentioned on today’s GNSO Council call, the Discussion Group continues to welcome new voices. In order to join the group, please find the details shared below, which comes from the original Call for Volunteers announcement (<a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jul14-en.htm">http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-08jul14-en.htm</a>):</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px; border:none; padding:0px;"><div>"How to Join</div><div><br></div><div>The GNSO Council invites all interested parties to put forward their names so that they can be added to the Discussion Group mailing list. The Discussion Group will be open to anyone interested to join. Community members who wish to be invited to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org) and clearly indicate whether they would like to be subscribed as a member or observer to the mailing list."</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>The project page is available here: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/non-pdp-new-gtld">http://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/non-pdp-new-gtld</a></div><div>And the Wiki is available here: <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/DGNGSR/Discussion+Group+%28DG%29+-+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+Home">https://community.icann.org/display/DGNGSR/Discussion+Group+%28DG%29+-+New+gTLD+Subsequent+Procedures+Home</a></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Steven Chan</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br>Sr. Policy Manager<br><br><b>ICANN<br></b>12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536<br><a href="mailto:steve.chan@icann.org" title="blocked::mailto:karen.lettner@icann.org" style="color: blue;">steve.chan@icann.org<br></a><br>direct: +1.310.301.3886<br>mobile: +1.310.339.4410</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">tel: +1.310.301.5800<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">fax: +1.310.823.8649</span></p></div></body></html>