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GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership
by Emily Barabas Dec. 11, 2025

Dec. 11, 2025

Hi all, During today’s GNSO Council meeting, the Council approved Carlton as SSC Chair and Sophie as Vice Chair. You can find the Council meeting agenda here: https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Final+Proposed+GNSO… Kind regards, Emily Emily Barabas Policy Manager, GNSO Policy Development Support Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976 www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org/>

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REMINDER - Doodle for SSC Kick-Off Meeting
by Julie Bisland Feb. 26, 2024

Feb. 26, 2024

Dear all, Please complete the doodle poll to schedule an orientation meeting for the new SSC team to take place sometime 19-21 March 2024. This doodle poll will close on Wednesday 28 February. Doodle: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/avmM8VXe [doodle.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/avmM8V…> Thank you! Kind regards, Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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Doodle for SSC Kick-Off Meeting
by Julie Bisland Feb. 23, 2024

Feb. 23, 2024

Dear all, Please complete the doodle poll to schedule an orientation meeting for the new SSC team to take place sometime 19-21 March 2024. This doodle poll will close on Wednesday 28 February. Doodle: https://doodle.com/meeting/participate/id/avmM8VXe Thank you! Kind regards, Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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Confirmed: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 15, 2024

Feb. 15, 2024

Dear SSC leadership team and members, This is to inform you, on behalf of the GNSO Council, that today, 15 February 2024, the Council adopted a motion<https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocouncilmeetings/Motions+2024-02-15> by which it: “confirms the SSC membership and leadership team for 2024: * Chair: Karen Day * Vice-Chair: Segunfunmi Olajide” On behalf of the GNSO Council we thank the members, Chair, and Vice-Chair for volunteering to serve on the SSC. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Confirmation: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Hi Arsène, Thanks so much for your helpful clarification! SSC members, To confirm, staff will submit the following names to be inserted into the motion to be confirmed by the GNSO Council via a motion on the consent agenda at the Council meeting later today. Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair Thank you to our volunteers and to everyone for your participation in this process. Kind regards, Julie From: Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com> Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 1:20 PM To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Cc: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [Ext] Re: [Gnso-ssc] Reminder: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Julie, I am happy for the names to be sent to Council via the motion! I was under the impression that majority of colleagues did not find it very important for staff to wait until the orientation meeting to confirm names, which was the initial suggestion I supported. Hope this clarifies my point. On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 19:16 Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> wrote: Hi Arsène. Thank you for your response. Can you confirm if you are supporting going ahead with adding the names to the motion to be confirmed by Council today? Or supporting Anne’s suggestion to wait? Thanks again. Kind regards, Julie On Feb 15, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com<mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com>> wrote: I am happy with the suggested way forward, colleagues! Let’s move this forward On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 17:30 Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> wrote: Dear SSC members, As a reminder please see the message below and note that as confirmed via separate message to Remmy it is not mandatory to have two Vice Chairs, so the SSC can proceed to confirmation by Council of the two volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair Staff also wishes to call to your attention the following suggestion from Anne Aikman-Scalese, the outgoing NomCom rep (via separate email<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-ssc/2024-February/001123.html> to the list): “It looks as though you have volunteers to act as Chair and Vice Chair. It would seem that a meeting could be called for the purpose of designating those roles. This would not prevent a Motion at Council to confirm Mark Datysgeld in the Mentor role since that was decided with full consensus in the recent meeting.” It would be helpful if SSC members could indicate as soon as possible but no later than 1700 UTC today if they support this suggestion, otherwise we will put forward the names of our two volunteers for confirmation. Kind regards Julie From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Reply-To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Thank you to our volunteers: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair As noted below, the GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership is on the consent agenda for the Council meeting tomorrow, 15 February at 2100 UTC. If there are no objections to the volunteers for leadership by 1700 UTC tomorrow, the above names will be put forward to the Council for the placeholder motion. If there are any objections, the motion to confirm will be deferred to the 06 March meeting. NOTE: At any time the SSC can be assigned a selection process, so it will be helpful to have the leadership in place as soon as possible. Thanks again to our volunteers and thanks to the SSC members for their consideration. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie _______________________________________________ Gnso-ssc mailing list Gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:Gnso-ssc@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-ssc _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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Confirmation: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 15, 2024

Feb. 15, 2024

Hi Arsène, Thanks so much for your helpful clarification! SSC members, To confirm, staff will submit the following names to be inserted into the motion to be confirmed by the GNSO Council via a motion on the consent agenda at the Council meeting later today. Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair Thank you to our volunteers and to everyone for your participation in this process. Kind regards, Julie From: Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com> Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024 at 1:20 PM To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Cc: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Re: [Ext] Re: [Gnso-ssc] Reminder: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Julie, I am happy for the names to be sent to Council via the motion! I was under the impression that majority of colleagues did not find it very important for staff to wait until the orientation meeting to confirm names, which was the initial suggestion I supported. Hope this clarifies my point. On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 19:16 Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> wrote: Hi Arsène. Thank you for your response. Can you confirm if you are supporting going ahead with adding the names to the motion to be confirmed by Council today? Or supporting Anne’s suggestion to wait? Thanks again. Kind regards, Julie On Feb 15, 2024, at 10:41 AM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma(a)gmail.com<mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com>> wrote: I am happy with the suggested way forward, colleagues! Let’s move this forward On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 at 17:30 Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> wrote: Dear SSC members, As a reminder please see the message below and note that as confirmed via separate message to Remmy it is not mandatory to have two Vice Chairs, so the SSC can proceed to confirmation by Council of the two volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair Staff also wishes to call to your attention the following suggestion from Anne Aikman-Scalese, the outgoing NomCom rep (via separate email<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-ssc/2024-February/001123.html> to the list): “It looks as though you have volunteers to act as Chair and Vice Chair. It would seem that a meeting could be called for the purpose of designating those roles. This would not prevent a Motion at Council to confirm Mark Datysgeld in the Mentor role since that was decided with full consensus in the recent meeting.” It would be helpful if SSC members could indicate as soon as possible but no later than 1700 UTC today if they support this suggestion, otherwise we will put forward the names of our two volunteers for confirmation. Kind regards Julie From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc-bounces@icann.org>> on behalf of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Reply-To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Thank you to our volunteers: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair As noted below, the GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership is on the consent agenda for the Council meeting tomorrow, 15 February at 2100 UTC. If there are no objections to the volunteers for leadership by 1700 UTC tomorrow, the above names will be put forward to the Council for the placeholder motion. If there are any objections, the motion to confirm will be deferred to the 06 March meeting. NOTE: At any time the SSC can be assigned a selection process, so it will be helpful to have the leadership in place as soon as possible. Thanks again to our volunteers and thanks to the SSC members for their consideration. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org<mailto:julie.hedlund@icann.org>> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie _______________________________________________ Gnso-ssc mailing list Gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:Gnso-ssc@icann.org> https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-ssc _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos) You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

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Reminder: Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 15, 2024

Feb. 15, 2024

Dear SSC members, As a reminder please see the message below and note that as confirmed via separate message to Remmy it is not mandatory to have two Vice Chairs, so the SSC can proceed to confirmation by Council of the two volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair Staff also wishes to call to your attention the following suggestion from Anne Aikman-Scalese, the outgoing NomCom rep (via separate email<https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/gnso-ssc/2024-February/001123.html> to the list): “It looks as though you have volunteers to act as Chair and Vice Chair. It would seem that a meeting could be called for the purpose of designating those roles. This would not prevent a Motion at Council to confirm Mark Datysgeld in the Mentor role since that was decided with full consensus in the recent meeting.” It would be helpful if SSC members could indicate as soon as possible but no later than 1700 UTC today if they support this suggestion, otherwise we will put forward the names of our two volunteers for confirmation. Kind regards Julie From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Reply-To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Thank you to our volunteers: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair As noted below, the GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership is on the consent agenda for the Council meeting tomorrow, 15 February at 2100 UTC. If there are no objections to the volunteers for leadership by 1700 UTC tomorrow, the above names will be put forward to the Council for the placeholder motion. If there are any objections, the motion to confirm will be deferred to the 06 March meeting. NOTE: At any time the SSC can be assigned a selection process, so it will be helpful to have the leadership in place as soon as possible. Thanks again to our volunteers and thanks to the SSC members for their consideration. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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Re: [Gnso-ssc] [Ext] RE: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 15, 2024

Feb. 15, 2024

Thank you very much Karen for volunteering. Just to confirm, is your first preference to volunteer for the position of SSC Chair? I am clarifying because others could then still volunteer for Vice Chair(s). Kind regards, Julie From: Karen Day <Karen.Day(a)sas.com> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 12:27 PM To: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org>, "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: [Ext] RE: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Greetings all – I am writing to volunteer as chair/vice-chair of the SSC if you would be agreeable. Though, a new appointee to the SSC, I have been involved in GNSO policy work since 2016 having served on the leadership team of the Sub-Pro PDP and for four years as the Treasurer on the RySG Executive Committee. In my *real life* I am the senior paralegal at global software company where I have worked for over 30 years. I would be very excited to help the SSC in the execution of its duties on behalf of the GNSO. Sincerely yours, Karen Day Tel: +1 (919) 531-6016 www.linkedin.com/in/karenldayparalegal [linkedin.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.linkedin.com/in/karenldayparalegal__;…> From: Gnso-ssc <gnso-ssc-bounces(a)icann.org> On Behalf Of Julie Hedlund via Gnso-ssc Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:19 AM To: gnso-ssc(a)icann.org Subject: [Gnso-ssc] Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) You don't often get email from gnso-ssc(a)icann.org<mailto:gnso-ssc@icann.org>. Learn why this is important [aka.ms]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification__;…> EXTERNAL Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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Volunteers for SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 14, 2024

Feb. 14, 2024

Dear SSC members, Thank you to our volunteers: Karen Day – SSC Chair Segunfunmi Olajide – SSC Vice Chair As noted below, the GNSO Council confirmation of SSC leadership is on the consent agenda for the Council meeting tomorrow, 15 February at 2100 UTC. If there are no objections to the volunteers for leadership by 1700 UTC tomorrow, the above names will be put forward to the Council for the placeholder motion. If there are any objections, the motion to confirm will be deferred to the 06 March meeting. NOTE: At any time the SSC can be assigned a selection process, so it will be helpful to have the leadership in place as soon as possible. Thanks again to our volunteers and thanks to the SSC members for their consideration. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie From: Julie Hedlund <julie.hedlund(a)icann.org> Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 11:19 AM To: "gnso-ssc(a)icann.org" <gnso-ssc(a)icann.org> Subject: Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s) Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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Call for Volunteers: SSC Chair and Vice Chair(s)
by Julie Hedlund Feb. 13, 2024

Feb. 13, 2024

Dear SSC members, Welcome to our new SSC members and to those returning. We have now completed our refresh of our membership. See: https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64077781. Our first order of business is to select our Chair and Vice Chair per the Charter<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077773/Standing%20Select…>: The SSC is expected to select its Chair from its membership. The SSC may also select one or two Vice Chairs from its membership to assist the Chair. The Chair serves as a neutral facilitator who calls meetings, presides over SSC deliberations, and manages the process so that all participants have the opportunity to contribute. The Chair and Vice Chair(s) are also contributing members to the SSC deliberations and participate in consensus calls. Because members of the leadership team are serving in two roles, they are expected to make clear when they are providing input as a member as opposed to speaking in a leadership capacity. This is the Call for Volunteers for Chair and Vice Chair(s). Please respond to this email on the SSC list if you would like to volunteer, or if you would like to nominate someone by tomorrow, Wednesday, 14 February at 1700 UTC. We will then put the volunteers to the list to be confirmed by non-objection. The names of the Chair and Vice Chair(s) will need to put before the GNSO Council for confirmation at its meeting on Thursday, 15 February at 2100 UTC (a placeholder motion has been submitted for the Consent Agenda). If the SSC should need more time to choose its Chair/Vice Chair(s) this motion can be deferred to the March GNSO Council meeting, but ideally we would like to complete the process in February. There are no assignments before the SSC at the moment. In the meantime staff will circulate a Doodle to schedule an orientation meeting 19-21 March – timed to avoid conflicts with ICANN79 Prep Week (20-22 February), the weeks before and after ICANN79 when people might be traveling (26 February-01 March and 11-15 March), and during ICANN79 (02-07 March). Welcome again and staff looks forward to supporting all of you in this important work. Kind regards, Berry, Caitlin, Saewon, and Julie

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