Dear Councillors & Secretariat, My second term as ccNSO Chair is due to complete at the end of our forthcoming Beijing meeting. How quickly the last two years have flown by! With the hugely appreciated support of great Council Members and the wonderful Secretariat, I have enjoyed my time as ccNSO Chair. I hope that I have been able to be of service to the ccTLD Community during my tenure. As many of you will be aware, Nominet is changing and diversifying and the market in which we operate is also changing. The Board of Nominet understandably feel that my time as CEO will need to be increasingly focussed on the forthcoming opportunities and challenges for Nominet in this changing market. I therefore regret to advise that I will be unable to stand for a further years term. I have taken several soundings about a potential successor and I am optimistic that one will step forward. However, if necessary, I am authorised to offer to remain in post until the end of our Durban meeting, in order to allow for an orderly succession. Happy to discuss further at our forthcoming meeting & safe travels everyone. Kind regards, Lesley Lesley Cowley, OBE CEO Nominet Minerva House Edmund Halley Road Oxford Science Park Oxford, OX4 4DQ UK Tel: +44-(0)-1865-332211 http://www.nominet.org.uk/ Twitter: @lesleycowley