Dear Councillors, Keith Drazek is leaving his position at NeuStar by the end of May, which also means that his seat on the Council will become vacant. In order to fill it, nominations (and possibly elections) need to be held for the North American Region. Before they can be launched, the Council needs to appoint a Nomination Manager and agree on the proposed timeline for Nominations an possible Elections: --- Proposed timeline: By 1 June: Council appoints Gabriella Schittek as Nomination Manager By 1 June: Council approves Nomination period timeline Nomination period: Nomination period opens: 2 June 2010 Nomination period closes: 9 June 2010 If necessary: Election period opens: 11 June 2010 Election period closes: 18 June 2010 Nomination/Election report is to be submitted by the Nomination Manager 3 days after the Nomination/Election period is closing. --- Unless anyone protests by the 1st June, I will consider myself being appointed as the Nomination Manager. Unless anyone protests by the 1st June, I will also consider the proposed timeline as being approved. Kind regards, Gabi