Thank you, Anne. Thank you, Rudi. This is a great way for the SCI to begin 2016! Angie On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 11:14 AM, WUKnoben <wolf-ulrich.knoben@t-online.de> wrote:

Great result!

Thanks to Rudi and Anne for the commitment to lead this effort!

Best regards

Wolf-Ulrich

*From:* Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund@icann.org> *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2016 3:53 PM *To:* gnso-improvem-impl-sc@icann.org *Subject:* [gnso-improvem-impl-sc] 2016 SCI Chair and Vice Chair

Dear SCI members,

As of the deadline of Tuesday 15 December, 23:59 UTC the following nominations were received:

SCI Chair: Anne-Aikman Scalese from the IPC nominated Rudi Vansnick. Rudi accepted the nomination. Angie Graves from the Business Constituency and Wolf-Ulrich Knoben from the ICPCP indicated their support for the nomination.

SCI Vice-Chair: Rudi Vansnick nominated Anne Aikman-Scalese. Anne accepted the nomination.

Thus, the 2016 SCI Chair is Rudi Vansnick and the Vice Chair is Anne Aikman-Scalese. Please join us in thanking Rudi and Anne for taking on these important roles.

Kind regards, Julie

Julie Hedlund, Policy Director