<div dir="ltr">Hi Stephen.. <div><br></div><div>I think that anyone who is brave enough to hold the pen deserves an appropriate title (other than penholder!). I have no disagreements with your present status - whatever it is - and responding on our behalf :-)</div><div><br></div><div>And thank you for the clarification of the process.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div>Maureen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:05 AM Stephen Deerhake <<a href="mailto:stephen@deerhake.as">stephen@deerhake.as</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Maureen,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am not “chair” of the ECA; we’ve never organized ourselves formally. Informally, I have “held the pen” so to speak, and thus in continuing in that role, I will execute a letter to the ICANN Corporate Secretary confirming the appointment
of Akinori Maemura to Seat 10.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you or any other ECA member has an issue with my continued lead role with regards to correspondence between the ECA and ICANN, please let me know.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stephen Deerhake<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ccNSO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Maureen Hilyard <<a href="mailto:maureen.hilyard@gmail.com" target="_blank">maureen.hilyard@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 04:22<br>
<b>To: </b>Stephen Deerhake <<a href="mailto:stephen@deerhake.as" target="_blank">stephen@deerhake.as</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: [ECAdmin] Notification of Board Seat 10 Selection<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Stephen <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is the process? As the Chair, do you formally accept this notification on our behalf? Is there anything that we need to do?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>
From: <strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Axel Pawlik</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:axel@ripe.net" target="_blank">axel@ripe.net</a>><br>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019, 9:52 PM<br>
Subject: [ECAdmin] Notification of Board Seat 10 Selection<br>
To: <<a href="mailto:ecadmin@icann.org" target="_blank">ecadmin@icann.org</a>><br>
Cc: <<a href="mailto:goran.marby@icann.org" target="_blank">goran.marby@icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:akinori.maemura@board.icann.org" target="_blank">akinori.maemura@board.icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org" target="_blank">cherine.chalaby@board.icann.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:john.jeffrey@icann.org" target="_blank">john.jeffrey@icann.org</a>><u></u><u></u></p>
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To:<br>
Empowered Community Administration<br>
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CC:<br>
ICANN Board Secretary<br>
Decisional Participants (ALAC, ASO, ccNSO, GAC, and GNSO)<br>
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Dear Empowered Community Administration,<br>
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As required under Section 7.2 of the ICANN Bylaws, please accept this <br>
letter as formal notification from the Address Supporting Organization <br>
(ASO) that Address Council of the ASO (ASO AC) has re-appointed Akinori <br>
Maemura (Asia Pacific region) to Seat 10 on the ICANN Board of Directors.<br>
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On behalf of the ASO, I ask that the Empowered Community confirm its <br>
Designation of Mr. Akinori Maemura to the Board. Maemura’s term is <br>
scheduled to begin at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting in <br>
November 2019, Montreal.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
<br>
Axel Pawlik<br>
ASO Representative to the Empowered Community Administration<br>
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