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<div>Thank you Rudi and Anne! I look forward to working with you.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
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<div>Sara</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><<a href="mailto:owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">owner-gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund <<a href="mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org">julie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 7:53 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org">gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[gnso-improvem-impl-sc] 2016 SCI Chair and Vice Chair<br>
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<div>Dear SCI members,</div>
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<div>As of the deadline of Tuesday 15 December, 23:59 UTC the following nominations were received:</div>
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<div>SCI Chair: Anne-Aikman Scalese from the IPC nominated Rudi Vansnick. Rudi accepted the nomination. Angie Graves from the Business Constituency and Wolf-Ulrich Knoben from the ICPCP indicated their support for the nomination.</div>
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<div>SCI Vice-Chair: Rudi Vansnick nominated Anne Aikman-Scalese. Anne accepted the nomination.</div>
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<div>Thus, the 2016 SCI Chair is Rudi Vansnick and the Vice Chair is Anne Aikman-Scalese. Please join us in thanking Rudi and Anne for taking on these important roles.</div>
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<div>Kind regards,</div>
<div>Julie</div>
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<div>Julie Hedlund, Policy Director</div>
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