Councilors, FYI – Please see below for an announcement from the Registry Stakeholder Group. Thank you, J. From: <2017-cph-excoms@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Paul Diaz <pdiaz@pir.org> Date: Friday, May 5, 2017 at 8:05 Subject: FW: notice re RySG Secretariat FYI – please share with your colleagues as appropriate From: regycon@googlegroups.com [mailto:regycon@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Diaz Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 2:25 PM Cc: rysg.operations.coord@gmail.com; rysgsecretariat@gmail.com Subject: [REGYCON] notice re RySG Secretariat As most of you are aware, Cherie Stubbs informed the RySG Executive Committee at ICANN 57 (Hyderabad) that she intended to pare back her duties. Cherie has been the Secretariat for 16+ years, and has provided the critical support and structure to meet the day-to-day needs of the membership and leadership. This became an even bigger challenge with the launch of the new gTLDs 5 years ago when we found ourselves going from a steady state of 14 members with two dozen participants to over 100 members and 200+ participants. Cherie has brought the administrative and organizational strength we needed to make this journey, but now wants to pursue a different course. After numerous discussions and planning, we started implementing a transition plan following ICANN 58 (Copenhagen). I’m pleased to report that Cherie will continue to support the RySG, but in a different capacity. Moving forward, Cherie Stubb’s new role will be as RySG Operations Coordinator, and will oversee key internal RySG business and operations needs. A description of those duties follows. Cherie’s new email address will be rysg.operations.coord@gmail.com<mailto:rysg.operations.coord@gmail.com>; please update your records. I’m also pleased to report that Sue Schuler has stepped into the RySG Secretariat role. Sue was hired as the RySG Data Management Assistant about 2 ½ years ago, and her responsibilities have expanded since then. Besides managing membership tracking/rosters and dues invoicing, Sue helped design and manages the updated RySG website. She also has been attending in-person meetings and, through Cherie's mentoring, is now supporting the RySG membership’s needs. Sue already has taken the lead on coordinating the RySG bi-weekly conference calls, and provides support to the majority of other RySG working groups. A description of Sue’s new responsibilities follows. Moving forward, Sue will use the rysgsecretariat@gmail.com<mailto:rysgsecretariat@gmail.com> address; please update your records. My summary of Cherie’s and Sue’s duties are by no means exhaustive. We expect that there will be cross over and cross support as they’re both committed to assuring that the overall needs of the RySG are met. That said, please don't hesitate to contact me, any other member of the Executive Committee, or Cherie and Sue if you have any questions about these points. Best, Paul Diaz Chair, RySG __