<div dir="ltr">Dear Council colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Please see Paul Diaz's email below on behalf of the Contracted Parties House nominating Keith Drazek for 2018/19 GNSO Council Chair.</div><div><br></div><div>By way of reminder, the Chair election timeline is set out below.</div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes to all, happy Friday,</div><div><br></div><div>Heather</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">2018 GNSO Chair Election Timeline</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Paul Diaz</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pdiaz@pir.org">pdiaz@pir.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:25 AM<br>Subject: FW: RySG nominates Keith Drazek as GNSO Council chair<br>To: <a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:haforrestesq@gmail.com">haforrestesq@gmail.com</a>>, Donna.Austin@team.neustar <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>, Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:Rafik.dammak@gmail.com">Rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Graeme Bunton <<a href="mailto:gbunton@tucows.com">gbunton@tucows.com</a>>, Drazek, Keith <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This nomination should have gone forward on behalf of the Contracted Parties House (CPH). Graeme and the RrSG concur. Sorry for any confusion.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Paul Diaz <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 21, 2018 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Heather Forrest (<a href="mailto:Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au" target="_blank">Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au</a>) <<a href="mailto:Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au" target="_blank">Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au</a>>; Donna.Austin@team.neustar; Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:Rafik.dammak@gmail.com" target="_blank">Rafik.dammak@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Drazek, Keith <<a href="mailto:kdrazek@verisign.com" target="_blank">kdrazek@verisign.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RySG nominates Keith Drazek as GNSO Council chair<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Heather, Donna and Rafik<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On behalf of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG), we would like to nominate Keith Drazek to serve as the next Chair of the GNSO Council. Earlier this summer the RySG reelected Keith to a second term on the Council (from October
2018 – October 2020), and believe he has the skills, experience and demeanor to be an excellent Council chair. I expect other SGs will endorse Keith’s nomination.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please let me know if you need anything else from me. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at ICANN 63 in Barcelona.<u></u><u></u></p>
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