<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Congratulations to James and Juan. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Both of them have been around ICANN in other capacities for some time, are active and enthusiastic contributors, and I am sure will be able to hit the ground running and do a great job representing us in council. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Its a really good sign that NCSG has a ‘deep bench’ these days, and has a number of experienced contributors to fill these very important positions </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And thank you from me as well to Farzi and Martin - I regret losing both of them from council, both made very significant contributions. I hope they will remain in touch. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 21 Jan 2020, at 1:24 am, Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA" class="">stephanie.perrin@MAIL.UTORONTO.CA</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class=""><font size="+1" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">I am pleased to report that the NCSG Executive Committee met this morning, and selected two new replacement members for the GNSO Council. James Gannon will be replacing Farzi Badii effective immediately, and Juan
Manual Rojas will replace Martin da Silva Valent effective February 2.</font></font></p><p class=""><font size="+1" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">I would like to take this opportunity to thank Farzi and Martin for all their work, and express our collective hopes that they will remain active in NCSG and close at hand for advice! I would also like to thank
Sam Lanfranco for stepping in as a replacement on short notice, and for all his work and close following of council issues. We would be nowhere without the dedication of our volunteers!</font></font></p><p class=""><font size="+1" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">I thank everyone who came forward to show interest in these opportunities to serve.
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</font></font></p><p class=""><font size="+1" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">Stephanie Perrin</font></font></p><p class=""><font size="+1" class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">NCSG Chair</font></font><br class="">
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