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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#1F497D">Congratulations to you -- Thomas, Mathieu and Leon -- and to all the CCWG ACCT members and participants and the ICANN Staff.&nbsp; It has been a pleasure and a privilege
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org [mailto:accountability-cross-community-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Thomas Rickert<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 24, 2016 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Accountability Cross Community<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CCWG-ACCT] thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">León, Mathieu and Thomas<o:p></o:p></p>
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