Dear Council colleagues,

Please see Paul Diaz's email below on behalf of the Contracted Parties House nominating Keith Drazek for 2018/19 GNSO Council Chair.

By way of reminder, the Chair election timeline is set out below.

Best wishes to all, happy Friday,

Heather

2018 GNSO Chair Election Timeline

 

Not Later Than:

 

Activity Commences

Time Available

Summer ICANN Meeting

27th June 2018

Announce Proposed Procedure and Timeline

1 day

 

T – 60 Days

25th August 2018

NomCom Selectees Announced

 

SG/C New Council Members Announced  

 

House Nominee Selection

1 day

 

1 day

 

30 days

T – 30 days

24th September 2018

Houses Submit Nominees

1 day

 

T-18 Days

6th October 2018

Candidates Submit Statements

12 days

 

T-3 days

20 & 21 October 2018

Candidate Meetings

2 days

 

T

24 October 2018

Election Held at Annual General Meeting

 

1 day

 

T + 2 days

26 October 2018

Council informs the Board and the Community and posts election results on the GNSO website

 

2 days

 



---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Paul Diaz <pdiaz@pir.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 4:25 AM
Subject: FW: RySG nominates Keith Drazek as GNSO Council chair
To: haforrestesq@gmail.com <haforrestesq@gmail.com>, Donna.Austin@team.neustar <Donna.Austin@team.neustar>, Rafik Dammak <Rafik.dammak@gmail.com>
Cc: Graeme Bunton <gbunton@tucows.com>, Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com>


All,

 

This nomination should have gone forward on behalf of the Contracted Parties House (CPH). Graeme and the RrSG concur. Sorry for any confusion.

 

Best, P

 

 

From: Paul Diaz
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 2:51 PM
To: Heather Forrest (Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au) <Heather.Forrest@acu.edu.au>; Donna.Austin@team.neustar; Rafik Dammak <Rafik.dammak@gmail.com>
Cc: Drazek, Keith <kdrazek@verisign.com>
Subject: RySG nominates Keith Drazek as GNSO Council chair

 

Hi Heather, Donna and Rafik

 

On behalf of the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG), we would like to nominate Keith Drazek to serve as the next Chair of the GNSO Council. Earlier this summer the RySG reelected Keith to a second term on the Council (from October 2018 – October 2020), and believe he has the skills, experience and demeanor to be an excellent Council chair. I expect other SGs will endorse Keith’s nomination.

 

Please let me know if you need anything else from me. I’m looking forward to seeing you all at ICANN 63 in Barcelona.

 

Best, P

 

Paul A. Diaz

Chairman

gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG)

Direct: +1 703.889.5756 | Mobile:+1 703.973.1667 | Skype: pdiazaim