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Congrats to Ron & Gaby and best wishes!</div>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013, at 10:08 PM, 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 GNSO Councilor Seat & 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’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">BC GNSO Councilor 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:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Philip Corwin: 31 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:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Gabriela Szlak: 39 votes in favor <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-weight: bold"><u><span lang="EN-US">Nominating Committee 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:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Ron Andruff: 36 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:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Anjali Hansen: 34 votes in favor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<span lang="EN-US">Please join me in congratulating Gabriela and Ron. <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:#1F497D;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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