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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Dear Members,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">The attached documents are provided for your convenience and to note the agenda for the </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Saturday and Sunday meetings of the GNSO Council and the GNSO. In addition, the GNSO Council</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">agenda for Wednesday is provided, and two supporting documents: a white paper prepared </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">by Liz Gasster, ICANN policy staff, on the cross SO/AC Working Group's topic, and the ICANN</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Strategic Plan.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Other links in the documents will take you to relevant documents. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">ICANN's schedule is not yet updated to reflect the changes in the schedule, and Chris and </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Marilyn ask that you stay tuned until tomorrow, when we hope to have updated details on </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">when the Board and GAC will meet, and the reorganization of the CSG and BC scheduled </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">sessions for next week. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">In the meantime, we hope that you find this information helpful for your planning. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">The Chair is considering several short sessions with members, and that is likely to start</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">with Friday late afternoon or Saturday early, in order to give the ExComm and Councilors</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">input on some of the topics on the weekend discussions. We will have more information on </font></div><div original_target="mailto:meetings@bizconst.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">Wednesday. </font></div><div original_target="mailto:meetings@bizconst.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div original_target="mailto:meetings@bizconst.org"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">For logistical planning, we will begin using <a href="mailto:meetings@bizconst.org" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); ">meetings@bizconst.org</a> once we arrive</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma">at San Francisco, so that the rest of the BC is not bothered with organizational gatherings. </font></div></span><br><br><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#595959">Kindest Regards,</font><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#595959"><br></font><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#595959"><br></font><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#595959">Benedetta Rossi</font><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#808080"><br></font><font style="font-family: Tahoma; " color="#3f3f3f"><b>BC Secretariat</b></font><br><br><br>
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