Thank you very much Bruce for this informative recognition of Marilyn's long hours of service. I am sure that your list of contributions was not intended to be complete, but I would like to point out that she also served as chair of the Registrar Transfers Working Group that went on for a very long period of time and ultimately recommended what is now the Registrar Transfer consensus policy. Chuck -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 4:19 AM To: Council GNSO Subject: [council] Outgoing Council member - Marilyn Cade Hello All, This note is to inform you that Marilyn Cade's term on Council as a long standing representative of the Commercial and Business Users constituency has concluded, following the recent completion of the election process within the constituency. Marilyn has been on the Council since the beginning of the GNSO (and its predecessor - DNSO), and has made a significant contribution to the GNSO and ICANN as a whole on a 24/7 basis. Marilyn has been particularly helpful to the Council in assisting with the complex logistics of managing physical meetings of the Council (both at the main ICANN meetings as well as those meetings between the main meetings). As an example, most recently Marilyn was responsible for the successful dinner/lunch formats we used in Brazil to facilitate more interaction with the Board and the GAC at a personal level. Marilyn has been instrumental in building relationships amongst the leadership of the GNSO constituencies, between the GNSO and other groups at ICANN, and between ICANN and other international organisations. At the policy level Marilyn has been a very active participant in nearly all task forces ever created, as well as being a co-chair of the original WHOIS working group that developed the WHOIS data reminder policy (http://www.icann.org/registrars/wdrp.htm ), and the WHOIS Marketing Restriction Policy (http://www.icann.org/registrars/wmrp.htm). I expect that Marilyn will continue to participate in the various working groups, committees and task forces of the GNSO, but I will ask the Council at our next meeting to formally acknowledge her contribution at the Council level through a vote of thanks. Regards, Bruce Tonkin