Dear councilors, FYI please see below the message sent by Tapani Tarvainen. As a reminder, please find below the proposed time line for GNSO Council Chair Elections: * 2 October: Deadline for nominations ('Each house will be allowed to nominate one candidate for GNSO Council Chair') * 14 October: Deadline for candidate statements * 29 October: Interview with GNSO Chair Candidates (Abu Dhabi) * 1 November: GNSO Council meeting, GNSO Chair election (Abu Dhabi) 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...> On 10/2/17, 9:19 PM, "Tapani Tarvainen" <ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info> wrote: Dear Nathalie, NCPH hereby nominates Heather Forrest as a candidate for GNSO Chair. Sincerely, Tapani Tarvainen, on behalf of NCSG Wolf-Ulrich Knoben, on behalf of CSG Julf Helsingius, NomCom appointee to NCPH