Great news.  Excellent choice.

On 4/7/2016 9:28 PM, Edward Morris wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I wanted to give everyone what I believe to be tremendously positive 
> news for the noncommercial community.
> The Contracted Party House (CPH) of the GNSO has selected Becky Burr 
> for seat 13 on the ICANN Board.
> Becky has been involved in this arena before ICANN even existed. She 
> has worked for the FTC, NTIA, as an attorney in private practice and 
> currently is the chief privacy officer at Neustar.
> Much of what the noncommercial community achieved in the 
> Accountability process can be attributed to Becky's receptiveness to 
> our ideas, approaches and input. Her skill, diplomacy and ceaseless 
> energy were demonstrated time and time again. I believe in Becky Burr 
> the NCSG will have someone on the Board that we can always turn to and 
> who will be receptive to our input and honest in her response.
> This is a good day for ICANN generally and the GNSO in particular.
> Congratulations Becky!
> Best,
> Ed Morris

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