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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">First, may I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and successful New Year! I am looking forward to the great work we will be doing together in 2019.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Readers of this list will be aware that the next ICANN public meeting is in Kobe in March
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://meetings.icann.org/en/kobe64">https://meetings.icann.org/en/kobe64</a>. One of our GNSO Council members, Martin Valent, is unable to attend the meeting because of other commitments and we need to replace him quickly,
in order to make use of his travel funding allotment, which is allocated by Council. This decision is done through the NCSG EC, and we need to make it very quickly. If you are interested in applying to replace Martin at the meeting, please do so in the next
five (5) days, sending me and Maryam Bakoshi a brief statement of your interest, your experience with the council, current working group membership etc. This is not for a novice, Council has a lot of important work on the agenda and if you have not been following
the work of Council or the key working groups and policy development processes at the moment, you will find it a struggle. For those not familiar with GNSO Council, it is pretty easy to get engaged...check out the website, follow the lists, attend the monthly
Council calls as an observer, or listen to the recordings of any of the working groups you are interested in. You will find the website (unlike many at ICANN) is actually well organized and helpful.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar">
https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/calendar</a></font></font></p>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Thanks for your interest! Deadline is Tuesday January 8, 12:00 UTC.
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Chair, NCSG</font></font><br>
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