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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear SSC members,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline to raise objections to proposed ATRT3 candidates has passed. Seeing no objections on the mailing list, staff proposes that Susan submit the names to Council, as detailed in the text below.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see attached a copy of the placeholder motion that was submitted by Susan to the GNSO Council over the weekend in anticipation of the SSC potentially reaching consensus this week. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Emily<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Susan Kawaguchi <susankpolicy@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 7 September 2017 at 22:31<br>
<b>To: </b>"gnso-ssc@icann.org" <gnso-ssc@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Gnso-ssc] Selection of ATRT3 candidates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear SSC members,<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We had a robust discussion today on the ATRT3 candidates and a lot of good perspectives were raised in the conversation. At the end of the call, we appeared to converge on a proposal
to put forward the top seven candidates ranked in the p<span style="color:black">oll (see </span><span style="color:#00B0F0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.surveymonkey.com_results_SM-2D87RXWCMK8_&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=mBQzlSaM6eYCHFBU-v48zs-QSrjHB0aWmHuE4X4drzI&m=sCBb0Dj4P7pTNyDnSgbhhRV7nt7ts4N9flZ5EQ_Je_w&s=c3kLss_wyH3aRVgKCfHz5TY2GxTPwZ2vOtdEccWkSqA&e=" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-87RXWCMK8/[surveymonkey.com]</a>)</span>,
with the top three as primary candidates <span style="color:black">with a guaranteed seat on the ATRT3 following GNSO Council endorsement:</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Primary candidates (in order of preference)</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Brian Cute (RySG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Wolfgang Kleinwächter (NCSG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Stéphane Van Gelder (RySG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Additional candidates (in order of preference)</b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Tatiana Tropina (NCSG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Michael Karanicolas (NCSG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Adetola Sogbesan (BC)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Erica Varlese (RySG)<span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">The group agreed to express to the GNSO Council concerns about the general lack of diversity (gender, geographic) in the pool of candidates for review
teams and agreed to request the GNSO Council to encourage SG/C to promote calls for volunteers and make efforts to promote sufficient diversity in the pool of applicants for future application processes. Staff will be circulating a draft motion that is intended
to serve as a placeholder until the SSC submits its recommendations so that these can potentially be considered during the upcoming Council meeting on <span class="gmail-aqj">20 September</span> for which the document deadline is <span class="gmail-aqj">10
September</span>.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:black">If you do not agree with this proposal, please submit objections no later than <span class="gmail-aqj">11 September</span> COB. Note that a placeholder
call is in the process of being scheduled for next week so that further discussion can take place if objections are received. </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">Best regards, </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black">SSC Leadership team </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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