<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="">Thanks for this. The Board has been seeing the flurry of messages, almost all positive, about the passage of the resolution related to the bylaws, and is as pleased as everyone else is about the result and is deeply aware and appreciative of the enormous effort and good will from all parts of the community and the staff over an arduous two year period.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We know there is more work to be done, so this is not the end, but, referencing Churchill’s famous words, I think this is well beyond the end of the beginning and, hopefully, closer to the beginning of the end.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steve</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 28, 2016, at 10:03 AM, Arasteh <<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" class="">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class="">Dear All</div><div class="">Pls find below a short Note appreciation sent to legal Team</div><div class="">Kavousd</div><div class=""> <br class=""><br class="">Sent from my iPhone</div><div class=""><br class="">Begin forwarded message:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><b class="">From:</b> Arasteh <<a href="mailto:kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com" class="">kavouss.arasteh@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Date:</b> 28 May 2016 15:59:57 CEST<br class=""><b class="">To:</b> Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" class="">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b> "Gregory, Holly" <<a href="mailto:holly.gregory@sidley.com" class="">holly.gregory@sidley.com</a>>, "Rosemary E. Fei" <<a href="mailto:rfei@adlercolvin.com" class="">rfei@adlercolvin.com</a>>, John Jeffrey <<a href="mailto:john.jeffrey@icann.org" class="">john.jeffrey@icann.org</a>>, "<a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> <b class="">Re: [bylaws-coord] Thanks to the combined legal team</b><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><span class="">I fully and wholeheartedly appreciate the tireless and invaluable efforts by the Legal Team and those others who contributed to the timely and due availability if the final draft Bylaws</span><br class=""><span class="">A historical record to convert concept contained in CCWG supplemental Report into legal and procedural terms .</span><br class=""><span class="">Well done</span><br class=""><span class="">God bless you</span><br class=""><span class="">Kavousd</span><br class=""><span class=""> .</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><span class="">Sent from my iPhone</span><br class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">On 28 May 2016, at 03:09, Bruce Tonkin <<a href="mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au" class="">Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au</a>> wrote:</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Hello Holly, Rosemary, and John,</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Just a personal note to thank all three legal teams from Sidley, Adler and the ICANN legal team – in working together so constructively since Marrakech – to produce a draft set of bylaws and Articles of Incorporation, and also to respond quickly to suggestions for improvements as they came in over the last month. </span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">I know for many of you this has meant giving up on weekends and family engagements, and I greatly appreciate that.</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">If there is some suitable industry legal award in the USA to cover such team work, I wold be happy to nominate you all!</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Regards,</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">Bruce Tonkin</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class="">bylaws-coord mailing list</span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:bylaws-coord@icann.org" class="">bylaws-coord@icann.org</a></span><br class=""></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><span class=""><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bylaws-coord" class="">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/bylaws-coord</a></span><br class=""></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>