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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephane Van Gelder Consulting<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Benedetta Rossi<br>
<b>Cc:</b> bc-gnso@icann.org; robert.hoggarth@icann.org; Glen de Saint Géry; BC Votes<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [bc-gnso] Election Results: BC GNSO Councilor &amp; NomCom Small Business Seat Elections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to Gabriela and Ron, and thanks to Phil and Anjali for volunteering to serve our group.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks also to the election officers for handling this process for us.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Stéphane Van Gelder<br>
Chairman and Managing Director/Fondateur<br>
STEPHANE VAN GELDER CONSULTING<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 31 October 2013 20:08, Benedetta Rossi &lt;<a href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org" target="_blank">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dear BC Members,<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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, <u>33 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>The confirmed results are the following:</b><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u>BC GNSO Councilor Seat:</u></b><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Philip Corwin: 31 votes in favor <span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Gabriela Szlak: 39 votes in favor <span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u>Nominating Committee Small Business Seat:</u></b><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Ron Andruff: 36 votes in favor<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span>Anjali Hansen: 34 votes in favor<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The winners of the elections are therefore: Gabriela Szlak (GNSO Councilor) and Ron Andruff (Nominating Committee Small Business Seat).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">&nbsp;<span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please join me in congratulating Gabriela and Ron.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="IT">Kind Regards,</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="IT">Benedetta Rossi</span><span lang="FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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