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<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Dear BC Members,</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>This is an election
announcement for the BC Officer Elections for 2013.</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><b><i><br>
</i></b></tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><b><i>Nominees,
please note that candidate statements are to be sent to
the Voting Officer no later than today, Sunday, Feb. 17,
2013. </i></b></tt><tt> </tt></div>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left:
1em; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 1em;">
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><tt><span style="font-size:
10pt;">Discussion with the candidates is open on the BC
list until Feb. 19th, 2013. </span></tt></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 3px;"><tt><span style="font-size:
10pt;">Voting will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 2013
and close on Tuesday Feb. 26th, 2013. </span></tt></li>
</ul>
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<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><b>The candidate call
will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 19th at 11 am EST </b></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">and will be led by the Verifying
Officer, Glen De Saint Gery, GNSO Secretariat.</span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 10pt;">You are encouraged to submit
questions for the candidates to</span></tt><tt><u
style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com">bcvotes@hotmail.com</a></u></tt><tt><span
style="font-size: 10pt;"> in preparation for the candidate
call. All questions will be aggregated by the Voting Officer
and submitted to the bc-gnso list and to the nominees in
preparation for the call. </span></tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>For more information
regarding the election process, please refer to the election
procedure previously submitted, or contact the Voting Officer
on the following email address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bcvotes@hotmail.com">bcvotes@hotmail.com</a>. </tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Thank you,</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Kind regards,</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Benedetta Rossi</tt></div>
<div style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><tt>Serving as Voting
Officer</tt></div>
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Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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