Dear Councilors, Nominations for GNSO Council Chair closed on 2 October 2017. There was one nomination from the Non-Contracted Parties House, Heather Forrest. Heather has accepted the nomination as noted in her candidate statement attached to this email which is published on page: https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/elections https://gnso.icann.org/elections/forrest-statement-09oct17-en.pdf<http://mailer.samanage.com/wf/click?upn=k53LUnPf-2F5r8J1RbgD8szEFfn2TPwc8EqAHIA3ihv0hvNAIE0XIABS04xm-2Bd6KHgL5OneKxexNJr1AT-2FnHRUhkfKtha2qI4ON-2Fzzr8AGS1g-3D_QuA5zZR9ZZ7J1F2FeF-2FOsgm1hgIDcBrAX2P7Ezxmql7ckJc4ios1-2BxObAoz2rzLSI3c4QB1NGo7bw7XrBjpRCbz74w4vzk48UxZMFoBBQBQaQ0ePdiOjdJ30sQNHkokOf-2F2p-2FBvMgKvMhzp-2B4u8fP-2BRrSytHe2KCf2HpQmtSbpezMgNTUG57PiORAPesOotpHA-2BC4pSmXJRsVmpbNaLqzia3JpOIHiVyE-2BKFCA0C5X6cBZDeGeQDiZxtGfCMjlLZdBYdxTMfma0p2F5Kv-2Bpncg6b2wYwSc6CDvX0UrDws-2BakH6Cyk0ABLAeInziTF1OTa6j8zhO8QZBG1eXad2uHOB-2FOJofAcZJDM4iFjCBOtMLYZXjw-2FISADENiNvxF0yxiGhcO-2Fb5W9qj1538oWQsFBQRpVWOO-2F6Eb-2FxNHEiF3gd-2Fy5IXRs4MiIKzZ-2BRbo-2FqILA58ivKHdOC-2FPsUXyylgRzQCbmZ4TMSRBGPR2VLQ1Xjzfmj2Dr-2BVrEdnejvsVzsBK> Thank you. Kind regards, Nathalie Nathalie Peregrine Manager, Operations Support (GNSO) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Email: nathalie.peregrine@icann.org <nathalie.peregrine@icann.org%20> Skype: nathalie.peregrine.icann Find out more about the GNSO by taking our interactive courses<applewebdata://EB3A6F47-9760-400D-A39B-A7EFFC56B467/learn.icann.org/courses/gnso> and visiting the GNSO Newcomer pages<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gnso.icann.org_sites_gns...>