Dear SSC members, Welcome to those of you who are new to the SSC and welcome back to those who are staying on for another year. Now that most SG/Cs have confirmed their members for the coming year, we would like to set up a meeting with all of you next week to discuss a few items. First, you will need to select a Chair and Vice-Chair(s) for the coming year. In addition, the GNSO Council has tasked the SSC with completing a selection process for the GNSO nominated mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program, to be completed no later than 20 January (details below). We will go over the details for the assignment and discuss the selection process for the GNSO nominated mentor to the ICANN Fellowship Program. Please take a moment to complete this doodle poll for the meeting next week: https://doodle.com/poll/kxa4qryurqns84ua. In preparation for next week’s meeting, please begin to familiarize yourself with the following materials about the upcoming assignment: * Expression of Interest Announcement - GNSO Nominated Mentor for the ICANN Fellowship Program<https://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-03dec19-en.htm> * SSC Assignment Page - GNSO Nominated Mentor for the ICANN Fellowship Program<https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2020+GNSO+Appointed+Mentor+-+ICANN+...> – this page provides an overview of the assignment and also contains the EOIs that have been received so far. For those of you who are new to the SSC, it may also be helpful to read the following: * GNSO Standing Selection Committee charter<https://community.icann.org/display/GSSC/2.+Charter> * SSC Standard Process for Making Selections<https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/64077672/DRAFT%20GNSO%20Sta...> If you have any questions, staff is available to assist. Kind regards, Emily Emily Barabas | Policy Manager ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Email: emily.barabas@icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976