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On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Ayden Férdeline <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Best wishes to you, Amr. Congratulations are certainly in order!
>
> Ayden
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Change of Employer — Resignation from the GNSO Council
> Local Time: 10 February 2017 11:48 AM
> UTC Time: 10 February 2017 11:48
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear NCSG Friends and Colleagues,
>
> I am sending this email to formally inform you all of my decision to
> resign from representing the NCSG on the GNSO Council, as I have accepted
> an employment offer from ICANN. I applied for an open position for Policy
> Manager that was posted on icann.jobs shortly following ICANN 57 in
> Hyderabad. I was notified that I was selected for the open position on 20
> January, and was formally offered the position of Policy Manager earlier
> this week. I will be joining the GNSO policy support team, which many of
> you, having worked closely with policy staff on the GNSO Council and
> various GNSO working groups and committees, are familiar with.
>
> It has been a genuine pleasure and immense privilege working with you all
> over the past years in furthering non-commercial interests within the gTLD
> policy space. I’ve learnt a great deal since first joining the NCSG, have
> made amazing friends here, and have generally really enjoyed working with
> you all. There are a number of you (you know who you are) who have gone to
> considerable lengths to mentor me when I first engaged in the GNSO’s policy
> development work, and for that, you will have my eternal gratitude.
>
> Currently, I am representing the NCSG on the GNSO Council, and as per the
> NCSG’s charter regarding elected Councillors, am also a member of the
> NCSG’s Policy Committee. I’m confident that the NCSG Executive Committee
> will capably replace me, and ensure that non-commercial representation on
> the GNSO Council is not compromised in any way.
>
> Effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve the NCSG in the
> capacity of a Council representative, and will work with the NCSG and NCUC
> executive committees to terminate my membership in both groups. Having said
> that, I look forward to continuing to work with you all, and the broader
> GNSO and ICANN community in my new capacity. I will, as always, be
> available to be of any assistance I can be. I’ve grown to hold the policy
> support team’s professionalism and integrity in very high esteem over the
> years, and am proud to now join them. I’m very excited about continuing to
> contribute to the GNSO’s mission alongside them and all of you.
>
> My heartfelt thanks to you all.
>
> Amr
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