<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As many here will recall, the Cross Community Working Group on Internet Governance was formed in December 2013 after the Buenos Aires meeting as a vehicle to provide a written input into the NETmundial meeting in Sao Paulo in April 2014; and to serve as a focal point for community members interested in ICANN’s role in the larger Internet governance ecosystem. As things have evolved subsequently, its main activities have been to a) communicate with staff on its representations of ICANN in international meetings, e.g. in the UN; and b) plan the public Internet governance sessions held at each ICANN meeting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When the CCWIG was chartered, I became one of NCUC’s representatives, <a href="https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43984275" class="">https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=43984275</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><table class="tablesorter tablesorter-default confluenceTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; overflow-x: auto; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.913043975830078px;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">William Drake</div></td><td class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">GNSO - NCSG</div></td><td class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Participant 1</div></td></tr><tr class=""><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Pranesh Prakash</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">GNSO - NCUC</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Participant 2</td></tr><tr class=""><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Marilia Maciel</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">GNSO - NCUC</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Participant 3</td></tr><tr class=""><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Stephanie Perrin</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">GNSO - NCUC</td><td colspan="1" class="confluenceTd" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 7px 10px; vertical-align: top;">Participant 4</td></tr></tbody></table><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">It having been a couple years now, I would think our representation in this group may be ready for a refresh. I therefore would like to step aside from this role at NCUC’s earliest convenience. I assume the NCUC Exec Comm. will organize the process to select a replacement.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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