Dear Councilors, As you may recall, the GNSO Council was responsible for running an Expressions of Interest (EOI) process to identify and select Edmon Chung as chair for the EPDP on Internationalized Domain Names. With Edmon having been appointed to the ICANN Board of Directors and taking up his seat at the upcoming AGM, he will step down as chair of the EPDP on IDNs. As such, a new Expressions of Interest process was just announced today <https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/call-for-expressions-of-interest-chair-of-epdp-internationalized-domain-names-1-9-2021-en> to identify the new chair of the EPDP on IDNs. If you’re able to share this information with your respective SG/Cs, it would be appreciated. The EPDP team will also be informed of the opening of this EOI process. Best, Steve Steven Chan Senior Director, GNSO Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 12025 Waterfront Drive, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90094-2536 Email: steve.chan@icann.org Skype: steve.chan55 Mobile: +1.310.339.4410 Find out more about the GNSO by visiting: https://learn.icann.org/ Follow @GNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICANN_GNSO Transcripts and recordings of GNSO Working Group and Council events are located on the GNSO Master Calendar