Stephane, Thanks for the heads up on this. I do not see this as an issue and wish you luck on the presentation. Thanks. Jeffrey J. Neuman Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Law & Policy The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you have received this e-mail message in error and any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and delete the original message. -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2011 2:46 PM To: council@gnso.icann.org GNSO Subject: [council] ICC event Councillors, I have been invited by the ICC to speak at an event they are organizing at the end of September in Paris. It has been brought to my attention that I am listed on the event program as GNSO Council Chair (in addition to my position as part of the company I work for). To avoid any misunderstandings, and even though it goes without saying, I wanted to let you know that I have no intention of speaking on behalf of the Council at this event. Obviously, even when I speak in my own capacity, I remain the current Chair of the Council and people may list me as such. In this instance, I actually see additional value in this as the session I am involved in, alongside Kurt, is meant to give a very high-level explanation of the new gTLD program and the way it has come about. I am told the attendees will have very limited knowledge of ICANN, and probably none of the GNSO, so it is a good opportunity to do some outreach in that regard. Nonetheless, I wanted to make sure you were aware of this event, to ensure full transparency. Thanks, Stéphane