Dear SSC members, Below please find a draft message to the Co-Chairs of the SSR2-RT requesting input on the current selection process. If you have feedback on the content, please provide comments by tomorrow, 8 February at 22:00 UTC. After this time, staff will send the message to the Co-Chairs. Kind regards, Emily Sent on behalf of the GNSO Standing Selection Committee. Dear Denise and Eric, As you know, James Gannon stepped down from the SSR2-RT last year leaving a vacancy on the Review Team. The GNSO Council has tasked the GNSO Standing Selection Committee with identifying and recommending a replacement candidate for this position. The SSC has reviewed the skills matrix prepared by the Review Team to assess skills present among existing SSR2-RT members. The SSC is hoping that you can provide additional input on skills that are still needed on the Review Team. As the Co-Chairs of the Review Team, you also likely have firsthand knowledge of the types of background or experience that would be most valuable in a new member of the SSR2-RT. In particular, the SSC would like to know if the SSR2-RT more in need of a person with an academic perspective or one with hands-on practical experience. If you have input on this, can you kindly provide this feedback by Monday 12 February at 22:00 UTC? A response by this time will ensure that your feedback can be taken into account in the selection process. In your response, please also specify if the information you provide can be shared on the SSC mailing list (publicly archived) and the SSC wiki (publicly available) or whether you prefer it to be confidential. Kind regards, The GNSO Standing Selection Committee Emily Barabas | Senior Policy Specialist ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Email: emily.barabas@icann.org | Phone: +31 (0)6 84507976