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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dear
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Fred and Tomslin</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">As you both may be aware I have been appointed by the 2020 NomCom to serve a 3 year term on the Board of PTI (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-10-02-en),
in line with the bylaws requirements of accepting this appointment I am required to resign my current community leadership positions including serving as the GNSO non-Registry Liaison to the CSC and
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">thus also</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> the CSC liaison to the IANA Functions Review Team</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">In line with that requirement I
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">have tendered my</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> resig</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">nation
to the CSC for</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> both positions (CSC liason and IFRT liaison) effective Friday October 9th at 12:00 UTC.</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="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">I hope that the CSC will appoint a new liaison to the IFRT to help with the rest of the work and wish you all the best in completing the work
of the review team!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Regards,</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">James Gannon</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">cc: IANA Functions Review Team</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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