Thanks, Arlene, and welcome. Now, about those "next two years"... :) Thank you, J. ----------------- James Bladel GNSO Chair On Sep 6, 2017, 05:13 -0500, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com>, wrote: Hi James, Thank you very much for your email. It is good to be here and looking forward to working with you in the next two years. I look forward to getting to know you all more. Best regards, Arsene 2017-09-05 19:28 UTC+02:00, James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com>: Apologies, but one small point of clarification to my previous announcement – Martin’s election was for the remainder of Ed’s term (1 year). The other incoming NCSG Councilors will serve 2 year terms. Thank you, J. From: <council-bounces@gnso.icann.org> on behalf of "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 12:25 To: GNSO Council List <council@gnso.icann.org Cc: Tatiana Tropina <t.tropina@mpicc.de>, Tapani Tarvainen <ncsg@tapani.tarvainen.info>, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com>, Ayden Férdeline <icann@ferdeline.com Subject: [council] Results of NCSG elections for GNSO Council Colleagues – Tapani Tarvainen has shared the results of the most recent round of elections for NCSG Councilor. Effective in our Wednesday meeting in Abu Dhabi, Arsene Tungali and Ayden Ferdeline will be joining the Council, with Stefania and Marilia stepping down. Additionally, Tatiana Tropina and Martin Silva Valent, currently serving in an interim capacity to fill Amr and Ed’s terms (respectively), have been elected to the Council for a full term beginning at ICANN60. Please join me in welcoming our new & returning colleagues from the NCSG. Also, I’d like to personally thank Stefania and Marilia for their tireless work on the Council these past few years (and for the upcoming 3 months). More Hellos and Farewells lay in store for us in Abu Dhabi, so stay tuned! Thank you, J. ------------------ James Bladel GNSO Chair -- ------------------------ **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>* Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*, CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <http://www.smart-serv.info>*, *Mabingwa Forum <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>* Tel: +243 993810967<tel:+243%20993810967> GPG: 523644A0 *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo* 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.htm... (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programme... & Mexico <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programme...>) - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN Fellow (Los Angeles <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-07-18-en> & Marrakech <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/marrakech55-attendees-2016-03-14-en ). AFRINIC Fellow (Mauritius <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>)* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom. Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>)