Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Zahid Jamil <zahid@dndrc.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:29:45 To: <bc-gnso@icann.org> Subject: Members may recall Gary Hills has resigned as our secretariat with effect from 31 December 2009 after many years of service. In January we will hold elections for the new executive committee. That executive committee will be proposing a budget for 2010 including the level of secretariat services required bearing in mind what services may be available from ICANN. This means that a request for a new secretariat with effect from 1 January 2010 is problematic as we may be changing what services we ask for within weeks. Accordingly the BC Officers have agreed with Gary to retain his services on a consultancy basis until 28 February 2010 which will allow the newly elected executive committee to decide on a longer-term request for new secretariat services. We would like to thank Gary for agreeing to do this. Zahid Mike Philip Sincerely, Zahid Jamil Barrister-at-law Jamil & Jamil Barristers-at-law 219-221 Central Hotel Annexe Merewether Road, Karachi. Pakistan Cell: +923008238230 Tel: +92 21 5680760 / 5685276 / 5655025 Fax: +92 21 5655026 www.jamilandjamil.com <http://www.jamilandjamil.com> *** This Message Has Been Sent Using BlackBerry Internet Service from Mobilink ***