Dear Councillors, The nomination period for GNSO Council chair is officially closed. The following nominations have been received. · Jonathan Robinson - gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group representative, has been nominated by Jeff Neuman from the Contracted Parties. http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg13580.html · Thomas Rickert - Nominating Committee Appointee from the Contracted Parties has been nominated by Joy Liddicoat on behalf of the Non Commercial Stakeholder Group. Nominees shall submit a candidacy statement in writing to the GNSO Secretariat (gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>) as soon as possible after they have been selected and not later than 22:00 UTC on 28 September 2012. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> http://gnso.icann.org