Fred, His term of service started July 1, 2009 following the Sydney meeting so I think the statement in his tweet is accurate give or take 24 hours. Best regards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Frederick Felman Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:41 PM To: Michael; bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] Interesting Tweet by Beckstrom isn't his contract up the month before. From: Michael Palage <michael@palage.com<mailto:michael@palage.com>> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:32:48 -0400 To: "bc-gnso@icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org>" <bc-gnso@icann.org<mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org>> Subject: [bc-gnso] Interesting Tweet by Beckstrom Hello All, Interesting tweet by Beckstrom that he is stepping down as CEO in July 2012. Assuming his twitter account has not been hacked. Best regards, Michael