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Indeed congratulations to the 2 winners and best wishes for your terms.</div>
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Kind Regards,</div>
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On Fri, Aug 9, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Benedetta Rossi wrote:</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Dear BC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is an election announcement regarding the BC Nominating Committee elections which concluded yesterday, August 7<sup>th</sup>, 2013. Out of 49 BC Members<span style="color: black;">, <u>38 </u></span><u>members</u> voted in this election. Upon reception of each vote, as Voting Officer I tallied each vote and applied the BC weighted voting according to each member’s category. Once the tallies were completed and the voting period closed, Glen De Saint Gery (Returning Officer) and Rob Hoggarth (Verifying Officer) verified all votes, and the tally. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US">The confirmed results are the following:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u><span lang="EN-US">Large Business Seat:<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Ron Andruff: 30 votes in favor and 1 abstention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Sarah Deutsch: 51 votes in favor and 1 abstention<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><u><span lang="EN-US">Small Business Seat:<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Jimson Olufuye: 27 votes in favor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Stéphane Van Gelder: 55 votes in favor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The winners of the elections are therefore: Sarah Deutsch (Large Business Seat) and Stéphane Van Gelder (Small Business Seat). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Please join me in congratulating Sarah and Stéphane. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: FR;">Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: FR;">Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: black; mso-fareast-language: FR;">BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); mso-fareast-language: FR;"><a defang_href="bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); mso-fareast-language: FR;"><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="IT" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); mso-fareast-language: FR;"><a defang_href="www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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