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