Forwarding at the request of Michele Neylon, chair of the Registrar Stakeholder Group. On 22/10/15 09:25, "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <michele@blacknight.com> wrote:

Like many in the GNSO Community, the Contracted Party House is disappointed in the unprecedented outcome of the Council election. It is particularly unfortunate that this scenario occurred at a time when ICANN is in the global spotlight.

Throughout the election process, the common theme has been an agreement amongst all Councilors that either candidate would have made a competent and effective GNSO Chair. However, the qualifications of both candidates were ultimately disregarded.

In the interests of stability and continuity we have selected Volker Greimann to continue to serve as the Contracted Party House Vice-Chair during this interim period.

We ask ICANN Staff to consider repurposing Friday's scheduled Council Development Session to instead allow for a facilitated discussion amongst GNSO community leaders to work within the process to arrive at a mutually satisfactory and expeditious result, that will enable the Council focus on the important work ahead.

Regards

Michele, RrSG Chair

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