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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">this is draft for now, but the only thing that I will fix are names and spelling errors./on the CSG segment.</font><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Bene is gone now, but Chris, Steve, Zahid and I are here, so let us know if you need any help or information. </div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">I will be sending you all talking points on a couple of public forum statements I will make after review with ExCom</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">And tomorrow, in Meetings for the Future, as I committed, I will make a statement and will send it to you all.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">We will be tactful about appreciating coming to Dakar, but question ICANN's judgement on hotel endorsement</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">and if the Gala turns out to exclude a lot of our members, I'll reference that as an expectation that should be better handled for "meetings for hte future. </div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">other talking points will be forthcoming for your review on that meeting. </div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">It's open, so come along -- I think Martin is joining Chris and I in that meeting. Others welcome, of course.</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Note that Ayesha is speaking in IGF Forum and I hope you will review the Newsletter -- both the Chair's column and the article, and come along to learn more if you are not well versed [as most of you are] in IGF!</div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">Also, in addition to our transcript, look for most of the Transcripts of GNSO <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; ">related meetings - posted on page</span></div><div><div><div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/#oct </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">Thanks to our lovely and wonderous GNSO Secretariat, [thank her and Bene/ the logistics, tech support, and many other things have been oh, so challenging. ] </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a></span></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">See you all later. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Public Forum suggests yet to come. One point: Ethics and Integrity: everyone is speaking in their individual capacity. I will just announce that the BC in its last pre ICANN call agreed to launch our own internal work to examine our own challenges, as well as to contribute to ICANN discussions.</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Other Public Forum Topics to follow with some thoughts. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Steve, can you send around your PP slide with the list of topics, when you get a change tomorrow a.m.? </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Thanks all for your patience and your professionalism in the 'heat' of Dakar ICANN. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Marilyn Cade</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">BC Chair</span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">P.S. two constituency chairs told me they were jealous of our great work on the Newsletter! Congrats to Chris and Bene and those of you who contributed: Susan, Steve, Ayesha, Elisa, Ron, Caroline, Waudo, Mikey! </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">And special thanks to Michele Chaplow and to Cheryl, our designer. </span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1f497d" face="Consolas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></body>
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