<div class="__aliyun_email_body_block"><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Dear Councilors,</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">As Keith mentioned during the Council meeting earlier today, please find below</span><span  style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13.0px;"> <span  style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:tahoma;">an Expression of Interest submitted by <span  style="font-size:14.0px;caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;">Tomslin <span  class="spellcheck_typo">Samme</span>-<span  class="spellcheck_typo">Nlar</span></span> for the position of GNSO co-chair <span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:16.0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;"><span  class="" style="font-size:14.0px;font-family:tahoma;">to</span></span><span  style="caret-color:#000000;color:#000000;font-family:tahoma;font-size:14.0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:.0px;text-transform:none;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;float:none;display:inline;"> the IANA Naming Function Review</span>.</span></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Kind regards,</span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;"><br ></span></div><div  style="clear:both;"><span  style="font-family:Tahoma,Arial,STHeiti,SimSun;font-size:14.0px;color:#000000;">Pam</span></div><blockquote  style="margin-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><div  style="clear:both;"><br ></div><div  class="WordSection1"><div  style="border-style:solid none none;border-top-width:1.0px;border-top-color:#b5c4df;padding:4.0px .0in .0in;"><p  class="MsoNormal"><b ><span  style="font-size:16.0px;color:black;">From: </span></b><span  style="font-size:16.0px;color:black;">Gnso-secs <gnso-secs-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Tomslin <span  class="spellcheck_typo">Samme</span>-<span  class="spellcheck_typo">Nlar</span> <mesumbeslin@gmail.com><br ><b >Date: </b>Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 3:18 AM<br ><b >To: </b>"gnso-secs@icann.org" <gnso-secs@icann.org><br ><b >Subject: </b>[gnso-secs] Expression of Interest for appointment of co-chair to the IANA Naming Function Review</span></p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">Dear GNSO Council,</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">I would like to express my interest to be appointed as co-chair to the IANA Naming Function Review team. While I have previously not put myself forward for consideration as co-chair, mostly because of no prior experience chairing a group
 in ICANN, I have decided to reconsider my decision, and therefore hereby express my interest.</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">I have been an active member in policy work of the Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group (NCSG) here at ICANN since officially joining a stakeholder group in 2017, so I have a good understanding of the work of the GNSO in ICANN.</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">I am also a steering team member of the Free Software and OpenSource Foundation of Africa (FOSSFA). Other than my of volunteering leadership experience, I am a Technical Lead for NTT Australia. I therefore understand and use leadership,
 negotiation, influence and diplomacy skills daily.</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">In addition, I spend a fair bit of time researching and studying diplomacy, strategy and national security in <span  class="spellcheck_typo">cyber</span> space, including Internet Governance in a post graduate degree I am currently pursuing at the Australian Defense Force Academy
 (ADFA).</p></div><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">I understand chairing a team like this will require a fair bit of time, so I am willing to set aside +/- 6 hours a week for this work.</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">It is my hope that my EOI is considered by the council.</p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div ><p  class="MsoNormal">Very Best Regards,</p></div><p  class="MsoNormal">Tomslin <span  class="spellcheck_typo">Samme</span>-<span  class="spellcheck_typo">Nlar</span></p><div ><p  class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div ><br ></div><style >!-- @font-face{font-family:Cambria Math;panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}{font-family:DengXian;panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}{font-family:\@DengXian;panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{margin:.0in;margin-bottom:.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}a:link, span.MsoHyperlink{mso-style-priority:99;color:#0563c1;text-decoration:underline;}a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed{mso-style-priority:99;color:#954f72;text-decoration:underline;}p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0{mso-style-name:msonormal;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:.0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;}span.EmailStyle18{mso-style-type:personal-reply;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:windowtext;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;font-size:10.0pt;}@page WordSection1{size:8.5in 11.0in;margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}--></style><div ><br ></div></div>