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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear SSC members</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I hope you are all well</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> and had a productive ICANN69</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">With the
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Annual General Meeting
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">behind us, I wanted to provide an
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">update on SSC membership and leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The SSC charter specifies that each year following the AGM, Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">and the </span>
<span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NomCom appointees </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">on Council
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">must confirm membership within 3 weeks. The term for an SSC member is 1 year and
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">“</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Members may not serve for more than two consecutive terms, with the exception of the GNSO Chair and/or Council Vice-Chairs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Staff support has reached out to the leaders of the SG/Cs as well as the
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NomCom appointees </span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">on Council to request that they re-confirm members or identify replacements where existing members have “termed out” or are no longer available to serve.
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Because of the two consecutive term limit,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">at least two members are ending their</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> service on the SSC:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Julf</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> (Chair,
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NCSG</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">) and
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Sam</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">NCSG)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Rafik will also be leaving the role of
</span><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Ex-Officio Member
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">r</span><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">epresenting GNSO Council
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">l</span><span style="color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">eadership</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, as his
term as Council Vice-Chair has ended. </span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I wanted to take a moment to thank
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Julf, Rafik, and Sam and any other members who will be concluding their time on the SSC</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Special thanks for Julf for serving</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">as Chair and Rafik for maintaining the link to Council leadership!</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Once SSC membership has been confirmed for the coming year, we will be in touch about selection of a new Chair for the SSC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">If you have any questions, please don</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">’</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">t hesitate to
get in touch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Emily<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Emily Barabas</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Policy Manager, GNSO Policy Development Support</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.icann.org/" title="http://www.icann.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.icann.org</span></a></span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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