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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Dear BC Members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This is an election announcement regarding the BC GNSO Councilor Seat &amp; Nominating Committee Small Business Seat elections which concluded yesterday, October 30<sup>th</sup>, 2013. Out of 51 BC Members<span style='color:black'>, <u>33 </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&#8217;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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>The confirmed results are the following:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US>BC GNSO Councilor Seat:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>&middot;<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Philip Corwin: 31 votes in favor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>&middot;<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Gabriela Szlak: 39 votes in favor <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;</span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span lang=EN-US>Nominating Committee Small Business Seat:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>&middot;<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Ron Andruff: 36 votes in favor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>&middot;<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US>Anjali Hansen: 34 votes in favor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The winners of the elections are therefore: Gabriela Szlak (GNSO Councilor) and Ron Andruff (Nominating Committee Small Business Seat). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Please join me in congratulating Gabriela and Ron. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:FR'>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D;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><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:FR'><a href="www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=IT><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div></body></html>