<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);">Dear all, </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);"> With great regret, hereby, from the 1st of February 2020 and forward, I resign my position as GNSO Councilor on behalf of the NCSG. I will also remove my individual NCSG membership after that date and become a passive reader in all ICANN list that I don’t explicitly unsubscribe, on the other hand, the NGO I represent, Datas (<a href="http://www.dat.as" class="">www.dat.as</a>), will remain with other representatives. Until that date, I will continue as normal.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 18px;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);">This decision has no specific motive other than I cannot continue working at ICANN as a volunteer philanthropist, for free with no job behind it nor funds to justify it. Especially considering I been uninterruptedly working in that condition for over 6 years with ICANN. Starting as an NCSG-NCUC member back in 2013, later a Fellow, then an NCSG-NPOC member, NPOC Secretariat, NPOC Vice-Chair, Fellowship Mentor and GNSO Councilor. Always working with Intellectual Property, Data, and Human Rights issues. I would love to come back, but not anymore as a philanthropic for-free professional. Time will tell, I am always open for opportunities.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);"> I will continue to develop the Technology Governance and Tech Policy issues we have been dealing with over the years at Datas, like Internet Governance, Innovation, and Algorithm Governance. I will also continue my work as a business lawyer and business developer (</span><a href="http://www.silva.legal/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">www.silva.legal</span></span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.metrospaces.com/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">www.metrospaces.com</span></span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.casavisconti.mx/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">www.casavisconti.mx</span></span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">, </span><a href="http://www.ikal.wine/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">www.ikal.wine</span></span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">, and others). This year I will also be finishing the Executive MBA that I started last year at University Torcuato Di Tella (right now with an ongoing thesis in Blockchain DNS Governance thanks to my experience at Fuqua School of Business at Duke University). I am probably also going to cut in half my teaching at the University of Palermo, where this past semester I taught three Technology Law courses in Grade and Master at Computer Engineering to only a class at the Constitutional Law Master. I will continue doing the research and publishing papers.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 18px;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I thank you all for the hard work, the trust, the friendship. It was a pleasure sharing this space. I hope I find you all around the world, you are all welcome in Buenos Aires, let me know if you come this way. You can all find me at </span><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><a href="mailto:martin@silva.legal" target="_blank" class="">martin@silva.legal</a> </span></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class=""><span class=""><font color="#000000" class="">, </font></span><a href="mailto:martin.silva@dat.as" class="">martin.silva@dat.as</a><span class=""><font color="#000000" class=""> , Skype ID: mpsilvavalent,</font></span> </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinsilvavalent/" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(74, 110, 224);"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">linkedin.com/in/martinsilvavalent/</span></span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true" class="">, don’t hesitate to reach out for friendship, a helping hand or any ideas you want to share or work with me. All are welcomed.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);"> </span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 18px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(28, 30, 41);">Best regards,</span></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class="">Martin Silva Valent<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Partner | Silva.legal<br class=""></b><a href="mailto:martin@silva.legal" class="">martin@silva.legal</a><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Director | Dat.as</b></div><div class=""><a href="mailto:martin.silva@dat.as" class="">martin.silva@dat.as</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Skype ID: mpsilvavalent<br class="">Tel: +5491164993943<br class="">Libertador 5990, Off. 406<br class="">Buenos Aires, Argentina.<br class=""><br class="">Este email, incluyendo adjuntos, podría contener información confidencial protegida por ley y es para uso exclusivo de su destinatario. 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