(message sent on behalf of the GNSO Council Leadership) Dear Councilors, This is a call for volunteers for the GNSO Council Communications Small Team tasked with developing a GNSO Council strategic communications plan. If you are interested in joining this effort, please respond to this message by EOB Friday, 28 April. Please see background blow. More details about the assignment are included in the Assignment Form attached. -- Background During the GNSO Council Strategic Planning Session that was held from 14-16 December 2022, the GNSO Council identified the need to enhance its communication efforts to broadcast its work and efforts to a broader audience, as well as to counterbalance negative stories and misinformation about GNSO policy work that seemed to have gained prominence on social media and industry blogs. Those negative stories often provide a one-sided, and sometimes misleading, view of events. As a result, this GNSO Council small team is formed to develop a strategic communications plan to proactively promote policy and other GNSO Council priorities. In addition, the GNSO Council submitted an Additional Budget Request (ABR) for FY2024, which intends to secure a commitment from ICANN org to provide the necessary support on an ongoing basis to implement the communications plan. While the GNSO Council anticipates that the support needed may be provided in-house within ICANN org, it does not preclude the need for external expertise / dedicated communications support to develop and publish communications products outside of ICANN’s channels, such as the industry press and beyond. -- Best Regards, Ariel Ariel Xinyue Liang Policy Sr. Specialist Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)