<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Hi everyone. </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" class="">For those who don't know me, I am a co-founder of Donuts Inc and a former SVP at Network Solutions. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">I have been involved in the development of RPMs for many years. I served on the </font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" class="">Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), the Special </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" class="">Trademark Issue team (STI), and on the International Trademark Association’s Internet Committee. I also am a former Chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group and the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;" class="">New gTLD Applicant Group (NTAG).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Looking forward to getting to know everyone as we embark on this process. </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Best, </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(86, 110, 111);" class=""><font face="Arial" size="2" class="">Jon</font></div></body></html>