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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Dear Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">As you know, we have a number of elected positions coming to the end of their term in the near future.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">The current Chair, Vice Chair & Technology Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer all end their terms effective 30 June 2016. I am term-limited as Chair. One
GNSO Council representative and the Nominating Committee representative also need to be selected to be seated at ICANN’s annual general meeting in November. Volker Greimann is term limited as GNSO Councilor. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Pursuant to
</span><a href="http://www.icannregistrars.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rrsg-charter-30may14-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155CC">Charter</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"> rules, the
7-day nomination period for the following position is now open:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Vice Chair & Technology Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">GNSO Council representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Nominating Committee Representative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Please note the Charter requires that nominations for GNSO Council representative must be from a region other than North America. Please refer to §4.3
(Eligibility for Elected Office) and §4.6 (Conflict of Interest) of the </span><a href="http://www.icannregistrars.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/rrsg-charter-30may14-en.pdf"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155CC">Charter</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">
regarding any restrictions on holding office.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Nominations will be accepted until 23:59 UTC on Tuesday, 7 June 2016.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">As a reminder, any Member’s Registered Representative may nominate another for an elected position. The nomination must be seconded by another Member.
The nominee must accept the nomination and provide the required conflict of interest statement. The list of nominees will be published following the close of the nomination period.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Election timeline is expected to run as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">31 May - 7 June 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">7-day Nomination Period</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">7 - 14 June 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">7-day Discussion Period</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">14 - 19 June</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Ballot Inspection & Waiting Period</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">19 - 29 June 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">10-day Voting Period</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">30 June 2016</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Announce Results</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Please let me know if there are any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Michele Neylon, Chair</span><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-IE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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