<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Grapsas, Rebecca</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com">rebecca.grapsas@sidley.com</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 7:28 PM<br>Subject: FW: CCWG - recs 1,2 and 11<br>To: Bernard Turcotte &lt;<a href="mailto:turcotte.bernard@gmail.com">turcotte.bernard@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>Cc: Sidley ICANN CCWG &lt;<a href="mailto:sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com">sidleyicannccwg@sidley.com</a>&gt;, ICANN-Adler &lt;<a href="mailto:ICANN@adlercolvin.com">ICANN@adlercolvin.com</a>&gt;, &quot;Greeley, Amy E.&quot; &lt;<a href="mailto:AGreeley@sidley.com">AGreeley@sidley.com</a>&gt;<br><br><br>







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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="1288874151__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Dear Bernie,</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1f497d">Attached please find minor proofing/conforming changes on Annexes 1, 2 and 11.  Most of the edits to Annex 1 were provided on January 31 but had not been incorporated. 
 If possible, it would be great if these could be reflected in the final version to be distributed for review.  We also noticed that Annex 3 did not incorporate our edits sent on January 31, 2016; these are pasted again below for your convenience.  If you would
 prefer that we prepare a markup of Annex 3, please send us a Word version.  Many thanks.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Summary (p. 1)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">: 
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</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">have a single…”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">“Any changes to Fundamental Bylaws require approval from both the ICANN Board and
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">the Empowered Community</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 as outlined in…”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 1 (p. 2), Paragraph 18 (p. 5)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">: 
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">“The
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community for enforcing Community Powers,</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">Community Mechanism as the
 Sole Designator Model</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> including the
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">role of sole designator of ICANN’s Directors,</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">the right of inspection granted
 to Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community </span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">as described in Recommendation 1.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">“The process for amending Fundamental Bylaws and/or Articles of Incorporation</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">,
 and for approving ICANN’s sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of ICANN’s assets,</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> as described in Recommendation 3.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:black">“The PTI Governance and Customer Standing Committee (CSC) structures, also required by the CWG-Stewardship</span><s><span style="color:red">’s</span></s><span style="color:black"> Proposal.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">“The right</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">s</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 of investigation </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">and inspection</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> (as described in
</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">Section 3 of Annex 01 -</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Recommendation #1: Establishing an Empowered Community for Enforcing Community
 Power)</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">.</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 4 (p. 2)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “Today, ICANN Bylaws can be changed by a resolution of the
 Board upon a 2/3 </span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">majority
</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">vote</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0"> of all of the Directors</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">.
 The CCWG-Accountability believes that the set of key Bylaws fundamental to ICANN’s stability and operational continuity and essential for the community’s decision</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">s-</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">rights
 should be given additional protection from changes by requiring </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community
</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> approval of any amendments.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 5 (p. 3)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “By sharing the authority to authorize changes between the
 ICANN Board and the </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community
</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">ICANN community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> (organized through
</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">its</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">participating</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Supporting Organizations (SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs)</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">,</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">the “Decisional Participants”
</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">in the Empowered Community</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">, as</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 outlined in Recommendation #1…).”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 11 (p. 4, graphic)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  Remove the “Sidley/Adler Note,” but we note that
 our comments on the graphic have not been incorporated into the latest draft.  <u></u>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">In the graphic, for the box on the lower right, we recommend adding  “(3/4 MAJORITY)” after “REQUIRES ICANN BOARD.”  We also recommend addressing the Articles of
 Incorporation in a separate graphic under the section titled “Articles of Incorporation.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 12 (p. 4)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “The
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community
</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> approves the addition, amendment, or removal of the Fundamental Bylaw
</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">by using its power as an Empowered Community to approve the change</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">…”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 13 (p. 4)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “If the addition, amendment, or removal of the Fundamental
 Bylaw is agreed upon by both the ICANN Board and the </span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community
</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 16 (p. 5)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “The CCWG-Accountability
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">recommends</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">suggests</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 that only critical aspects of the ICANN Bylaws be classified as Fundamental Bylaws to avoid introducing unnecessary rigidity into ICANN’s structures. The CCWG-Accountability concluded that
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">recommending</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">suggesting</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 that all changes…”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 26 (p. 6)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">: “…a provision will need to be added to the Articles
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">of Incorporation</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> requiring Empowered Community approval…”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 30 (p. 7)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">Through
 the</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">The</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Empowered Community</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">,
 SOs and ACs</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> would have to
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">affirmatively consent</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">give positive assent</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> to any change proposed and adopted by the ICANN Board before the amendment
 could become legally effective, as part of a joint decision process between the ICANN Board and the
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">Empowered Community
</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 32 (p. 7)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “Such changes require a high degree of
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">support from the Decisional Participants in the Empowered Community</span></u><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">community
 assent</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">, as the purpose of this power is to make changing Fundamental Bylaws or the Articles of Incorporation possible only with very wide support from the community.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 34 (p. 7)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">: “Clarified
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">the
</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">process for change</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">s</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">
 of Articles of Incorporation to be similar to process for changes to Fundamental Bylaws</span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#0070c0">, as well as the process for approving ICANN’s sale or other disposition of all
 or substantially all of ICANN’s assets</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">.”</span>
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</span></span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Paragraph 36 (p. 8)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">:  “ICANN Board: Community rights regarding the ability to appoint/remove
 Directors of the ICANN Board</span><s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:red">,</span></s><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> and recall the entire Board.” <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 09, 2016 06:27:31 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gregory, Holly; Rosemary E. Fei; ACCT-Staff (<a href="mailto:acct-staff@icann.org" target="_blank">acct-staff@icann.org</a>); Burr, Becky; Cheryl Langdon-Orr; Jordan Carter; León Felipe Sánchez Ambía; Mathieu Weill; Steve DelBianco; Thomas Rickert (<a href="mailto:thomas@rickert.net" target="_blank">thomas@rickert.net</a>)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> CCWG - recs 1,2 and 11</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Holly, Rosemary,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">had to modify these per the results today for rec 11.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In order to give you a leg up I thought I would forward these before the final report as they should be 99%+ stable.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have attached TC from a clean of your accepted comments.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that is ok.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers.<u></u><u></u></p>
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