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Dear Colleagues<div><br></div><div>I am asked to forward the GNSO Council's proposal for "protocol" for the Saturday and Sunday meetings. </div><div>I invite you to review and take note of the Council's proposed protocol, which they have developed, and are distributing.</div><div><br></div><div>We will also put the discussion of input from the SG, and the constituency on improvements to organizing and planning </div><div>Saturday and Sunday meetings that are relevant to the BC's interests, and the SGs, on our agenda for the upcoming Constituency Day</div><div>meetings. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Marilyn Cade</div><div>BC Chair</div><div><br></div><div>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><div class="ecxWordSection1">
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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black">Please find a brief GNSO Meeting Protocol for the upcoming
meetings here in Brussels.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Participation
in GNSO Working Sessions is open to everyone.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">The
GNSO working sessions are not official Council meetings and no Council
decisions are taken.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Councilors
and the Policy staff responsible for presenting will have assigned seats with name
cards around the U shape table. Other community participants are invited to be
seated in the seats provided for the audience.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Councilors
are invited to speak first to the various topics. </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">Community
participants will then have an opportunity to speak. Speakers should be placed
in the queue in order of their request.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">The
chair will determine the length of time each speaker is allowed so that the
session can finish on time.</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">The
number of times that one person can speak will be limited in order to give the
entire audience an opportunity to express themselves and allow for diversity of
different language speakers.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif';color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions.</span></p>
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Saint Géry</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">GNSO
Secretariat</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:'Arial','sans-serif'">http://gnso.icann.org</span></p>
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